A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide an appurtenance TOLERANCE of six inches for recreational vehicles.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑116(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑116.  Size of vehicles and loads.
(a)	The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 102 inches, except as otherwise provided in this section. When hogsheads of tobacco are being transported, a tolerance of six inches is allowed. When sheet or bale tobacco is being transported the load must not exceed a width of 114 inches at the top of the load and the bottom of the load at the truck bed must not exceed the width of 102 inches inclusive of allowance for load shifting or settling. A tolerance of six inches on each side is allowed for non‑load bearing appurtenances, including awnings of recreational vehicles, provided the awnings are secured in the closed position. Vehicles (other than passenger buses) that do not exceed the overall width of 102 inches and otherwise provided in this section may be operated in accordance with G.S. 20‑115.1(c), (f), and (g).
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SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑116(b) reads as rewritten:
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(b)	No passenger‑type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof.
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SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.