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 47-14-103A 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. Such permit shall specify the highways to be used, and a maximum traveling distance of fifty (50) miles on such highways shall be permitted when consistent with public convenience and safety, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby authorized to make exceptions to the requirements herein when, in the Commissioner's discretion such exceptions would be warranted.

If the structure is eighteen (18) feet or less in width at the base or the top, the maximum traveling distance shall not apply and such permit shall specify the highways to be used and said movement shall be permitted when consistent with public convenience and safety, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Safety.

Laws 1978, HB 1633, c. 81, § 2, eff. October 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1352, c. 265, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1980; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 78, c. 29, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1995.