A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt fertilizer spreader vehicles from the requirements of registration and certificate of title, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑51 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑51.  Exempt from registration.
The following shall be exempt from the requirement of registration and certificate of title:
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(5a)	Fertilizer spreader vehicles, including those operated on a for‑hire basis, when used by a farmer, his tenant, agent, or employee in transporting fertilizer from place to place on the same farm, or from one farm to another. This exemption shall extend also to fertilizer spreader vehicles while on any trip within a radius of 10 miles from the point of loading, provided that the vehicle does not exceed a speed of 35 miles per hour.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective 1 October 2006.