A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that Special mobile equipment includes bucket trucks and derrick digger trucks.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 105‑164.3(41) reads as rewritten:
"(41)	Special mobile equipment. – Any of the following:
a.	A vehicle that has a permanently attached crane, mill, well‑boring apparatus, ditch‑digging apparatus, air compressor, electric welder, feed mixer, grinder, or other similar apparatus is driven on the highway only to get to and from a nonhighway job and is not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property. The term specifically includes vehicles commonly known as bucket trucks and derrick digger trucks.
b.	A vehicle that has permanently attached special equipment and is used only for parade purposes.
c.	A vehicle that is privately owned, has permanently attached fire‑fighting equipment, and is used only for fire‑fighting purposes.
d.	A vehicle that has permanently attached playground equipment and is used only for playground purposes."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.