AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that HB 1030 be amended as follows:

     On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"      Section 1. That chapter 49-28 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     No person may move or permit to be moved any motor vehicle with six or more tires without having first equipped the rearmost wheels or set of wheels of the vehicle with splash aprons or flaps. The splash aprons or flaps shall be designed, constructed, and attached to the vehicle in a manner that arrests and deflects dirt, mud, water, rocks and other substances at all times as follows:

             (1)    The splash apron or flap shall extend downward to a point at least as low as the center of the tire or tires, or no less than ten inches above the surface of the highway when the vehicle is empty, whichever is lower;

             (2)    The splash apron or flap shall extend at least to each side of the width of the tire or the combined width of the multiple tires.

     Section 2. That chapter 32-15 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     No person may move or permit to be moved any motor vehicle having six or more tires without having first equipped the rearmost wheels or set of wheels of the vehicle with splash aprons or flaps. The splash aprons or flaps shall be designed, constructed, and attached to the vehicle in a manner that arrests and deflects dirt, mud, water, rocks and other substances at all times as follows:

             (1)    The splash apron or flap shall extend downward to a point at least as low as the center of the tire or tires, or no less than ten inches above the surface of the highway when the vehicle is empty, whichever is lower;

             (2)    The splash apron or flap shall extend at least to each side of the width of the tire or the combined width of the multiple tires."