GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1618

Short Title:  Limit Vehicle Overweight Penalties.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle, Smith; Lee and Martin of Pitt.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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May 27, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO LIMIT PENALTIES FOR MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF SINGLE-AXLE, TANDEM-AXLE, AND AXLE GROUP WEIGHT LIMITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( e1)	Penalty Limit for Multiple Violations. – Penalties for two or more violations of the weight limits set by this section are limited as follows:
(1)	If the weight of a vehicle does not exceed 80,000 pounds, the total penalty assessed shall not exceed the highest of the single-axle, tandem-axle, or axle group penalties that apply.
(2)	If the weight of a vehicle exceeds 80,000 pounds, the total penalty assessed shall be:
a.	The penalty for exceeding 80,000 pounds, if that is the highest of the penalties that apply.
b.	The penalty under subdivision (1), plus the penalty for exceeding 80,000 pounds, if the penalty for exceeding 80,000 pounds is not the highest of the penalties that apply."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.