32-5-18.1. Licensing and compensation requirements applicable to highway construction or reconstruction--Special permits not required while engaged in construction.

All highway construction projects, whether being construction upon a new highway location or reconstruction of an existing highway, shall be treated in an identical manner as a public highway of this state for purposes of licensing and compensation of vehicles used on such projects. Such construction vehicles or equipment shall not be required to obtain special permits as required in chapter 32-22, while engaged in construction on a highway project.

Source: SL 1969, ch 118; SL 1971, ch 184; SL 1977, ch 249, § 8.