2019 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 39-12 Motor Carriers of Property
Section 39-12-3 Exemption from regulations.
§ 39-12-3. Exemption from regulations.
There shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
(1) Motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in the delivery of United States mail;
(2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the government of the United States;
(3) Motor vehicles owned and operated by a cooperative group and used exclusively for the transportation of the property of the cooperative group or its members;
(4) Motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of agricultural commodities or horticultural commodities or products from a farm, or farm supplies to a farm;
(5) Motor vehicles engaged in the plowing or removal of snow from the publicly used highways within this state;
(6) Motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of garbage, ashes, and debris removed from private dwellings, commercial, and industrial establishments;
(7) Motor vehicles engaged exclusively in transporting newspapers.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1935, ch. 2268, art. 5, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 5, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 5, § 3; P.L. 1946, ch. 1805, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-12-34; G.L. 1956, § 39-12-3; P.L. 1958, ch. 87, § 1.)
