§ 47-14-103C. Special permits - Movement of houses or buildings.

A.  The Commissioner of Public Safety shall upon proper application issue a special permit to any person allowing the movement on state and federal highways of a structure in the form of a house or building, including but not limited to industrialized housing as defined in Section 14-103A of this title, not exceeding thirty-two (32) feet in width at the base, and thirty-four (34) feet in width at the top and twenty-one (21) feet in height.  The permit shall specify the highways to be used, consistent with public convenience and safety, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Safety, in consultation with the Department of Transportation.  In addition to the prohibitions on movement as prescribed in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, such structures shall not be moved on Saturday or Sunday.

B.  If any structure or housing described in subsection A of this section has a width in excess of sixteen (16) feet, the towing vehicle shall be a tandem-axle vehicle of no less than two hundred twenty (220) horsepower.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 81, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1978.  Amended by Laws 1980, c. 265, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1980; Laws 1995, c. 29, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 125, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 53, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 390, § 10, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 166, § 1.