GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 463
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/2/97

Short Title:  Farm Products Weight Exemption.	(Public)

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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 LOCAL MARKETS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(c)(12) reads as rewritten:
"(12)	Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a vehicle that (i) is hauling agricultural crops from the farm where they were grown to first market, (ii) is within 35 miles of that farm, (iii) does not operate on an interstate highway or posted bridge while hauling the crops, and meets one of the following descriptions:
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b.	Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 761, s. 13.
c.	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.