GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 982
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/7/93
Senate Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 5/19/93
Senate Transportation Committee Substitute No. 2 Adopted 6/1/93

Short Title:  Hauling Agricultural Crops.	(Public)
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT INCREASED WEIGHTS FOR HAULING AGRICULTURAL CROPS WITHIN THIRTY-FIVE MILES OF THE FARM WHERE THEY WERE GROWN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(12)	A vehicle that meets one of the following descriptions and is hauling agricultural crops within 35 miles of the farm where they were grown:
a.	Has a gross weight of more than 88,000 pounds, a single axle weight of no more than 22,000 pounds, and a tandem axle weight of no more than 42,000 pounds.
b.	Is a five-axle combination with a gross weight of no more than 88,000 pounds.
c.	Is a four-axle combination with a tandem axle weight of no more than 42,000 pounds."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.