GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1063

Short Title:  Cotton-Hauling Vehicles.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Speed; Soles, Parnell, Plyler, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, Warren, Shaw, Sands, Conder, Daniel, Martin of Guilford, Daughtry, Richardson, Carpenter, and Bryan.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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June 1, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS CONCERNING COTTON-HAULING VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
"( k)	From September 1 through March 1 of each year, a vehicle which is equipped with a self-loading bed and which is designed and used exclusively to transport compressed seed cotton from the farm to a cotton gin may operate on the highways of the State, except interstate highways, with a tandem-axle weight not exceeding 44,000 pounds.  Such vehicles shall be exempt from light-traffic road limitations only from point of origin on the light-traffic road to the nearest State-maintained road which is not posted to prohibit the transportation of statutory load limits.  This exemption does not apply to restricted, posted bridge structures."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.