GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 470
HOUSE BILL 982

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives