GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 463

Short Title:  Farm Products Weight Exemption.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Owens; and Starnes.

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Referred to:  Agriculture, if favorable, Finance.

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March 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PERMISSIBLE WEIGHT OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS THAT MAY BE TRANSPORTED ON THE HIGHWAYS FROM THE FIELD TO A PLACE WITH CERTIFIED SCALES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
     	" (13)	Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a vehicle that meets one of the following descriptions, is hauling agricultural crops from the farm where they were grown to the local market point where there is a set of scales certified by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, and does not exceed its registered weight:
a.	Is a five-axle combination with a gross weight of no more than 90,000 pounds, a single-axle weight of no more than 22,000 pounds, a tandem-axle weight of no more than 42,000 pounds, and a length of at least 51 feet between the first and last axles of the combination.
b.	Is a four-axle combination with a gross weight that does not exceed the limit set in subdivision (b)(3) of this section, a single-axle weight of no more than 22,000 pounds, and a tandem-axle weight of no more than 42,000 pounds."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.