AN ACT to require the closest market to which a crop may be hauled to be within one hundred fifty miles of the farm from which the crop is hauled.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑118(c)(12) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Exceptions. – The following exceptions apply to G.S. 20‑118(b) and 20‑118(e).
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(12)	Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a vehicle that meets all of the conditions set out below:
a.	Is hauling agricultural crops from the farm where the crop is grown to any market within 150 miles of that farm.
b.	Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 761, s. 13.
b1.	Does not operate on an interstate highway or exceed any posted bridge weight limits during transportation or hauling of agricultural products.
c.	Does not exceed a single‑axle weight of 22,000 pounds, a tandem‑axle weight of 42,000 pounds, or a gross weight of 90,000 pounds."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of August, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 9:49 a.m. this 28th day of August, 2009