A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to adjust the weight limits for trucks TRANSPORTING Aggregates.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑118(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(16)	Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a dump truck or dump trailer transporting bulk aggregates, if the vehicle does not exceed the maximum gross weight allowed in subsection (b) of this section."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑118(e) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(6)	The penalty for violating the gross weight or axle-group weight by a dump truck or dump trailer vehicle transporting bulk aggregate materials intrastate from a site that does not have a certified scale for weighing the vehicle is one-half of the amount it otherwise would be under subdivision (1) of this section."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 20‑118 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(l)	The axle weight limits of this section do not apply to a dump truck or dump trailer transporting bulk aggregates on a posted bridge, if the vehicle does not exceed the posted weight for the bridge."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.