GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1062

Short Title:  Limitations on Semitrailers.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Lilley; Balmer, Barbee, Brown, Brubaker, Colton, J. Crawford, Dickson, Diggs, Grimmer, James, Jones, Justus, Ligon, Rhodes, and R. Thompson.
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Referred to:  Infrastructure.
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April 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS ON SEMITRAILERS ON CERTAIN NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-115.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Motor vehicle combinations consisting of a semitrailer of not more than 53 feet in length and a truck tractor may be operated on the interstate highways (except those exempted by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 49 USC 2311(i)) and federal-aid primary system highways designated by the United States Secretary of Transportation provided that any semitrailer in excess of 48 feet in length shall not be permitted unless the distance between the kingpin of the trailer and the rearmost axle or a point midway between the two rear axles, if the two rear axles are a tandem axle, does not exceed 41 feet; and provided that any semitrailer in excess of 48 feet is equipped with a rear underride guard of substantial construction consisting of a continuous lateral beam extending to within four inches of the lateral extremities of the semitrailer and located not more than 22 inches from the surface as measured with the vehicle empty and on a lever surface."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-116(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 96 inches, except as otherwise provided in this section: Provided that when hogsheads of tobacco are being transported, a tolerance of five inches shall be allowed.  Provided, further, that vehicles (other than passenger buses) which do not exceed the overall width of 102 inches and otherwise provided in this section may be operated in accordance with G.S. 20-115.1(c), (f), and (g)."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.