(1) A person commits the offense of operating with a sifting or leaking load if the person does any of the following:
- (a) Drives or moves on a highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that is so constructed or loaded so as to allow its contents to drop, sift, leak or otherwise escape therefrom.
- (b) Owns a vehicle or combination of vehicles and causes or permits the vehicle or combination of vehicles to be driven or moved on a highway when the vehicle or combination of vehicles is so constructed or loaded so as to allow its contents to drop, sift, leak or otherwise escape therefrom.
- (2) The application of this section is subject to the exemptions from this section established under ORS 818.310.
- (3) Violation of the offense described in this section is subject to civil liability under ORS 818.410.
- (4) The offense described in this section, operating with a sifting or leaking load, is a Class B traffic violation.
[1983 c.338 §524; 1985 c.393 §31]