Line Between Vehicles and Tractors Blurs in New Jersey

Last month the New Jersey Senate Economic Growth Committee reported Assembly Bill A1812 favorably out of committee.

This bill amends the new vehicle “lemon law” to extend the protections of that law to “new motor vehicle farm equipment” purchased or leased in New Jersey. Specifically, the bill includes farm tractors under the types of motor vehicles covered under the terms of the “lemon law,” along with the existing categories of passenger automobiles, authorized emergency vehicles, and motorcycles. The bill references the definition of “farm tractor” as “every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.”

While our Association does not represent the interests of tractor manufacturers, we are concerned to see state legislatures continue to take laws designed for the auto industry and impose those rules and regulations on the farm equipment industry.