NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 483

HOUSE BILL 287

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-118(5) OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO PERMIT THE SHIFTING OF LOAD FROM AN OVERWEIGHT AXLE WITHOUT PENALTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-118, subsection (5), as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Recompiled Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

"Provided, that when it is discovered that a vehicle is in violation of subdivisions (3) or (4), or is in violation of the maximum axle weight limits established by the State Highway Commission in connection with light-traffic roads, the owner of the vehicle shall be permitted to shift without penalty the weight from one axle to another to comply with the axle limits set forth in this Section in the following instances, provided, that the gross weight of the vehicle is within the legal limits: (a) In cases where the single axle load exceeds the statutory limits, but does not exceed 21,000 pounds, (b) In cases where the vehicle has tandem axles and the weight exceeds the statutory limits, but does not exceed 40,000 pounds, provided, that for the purpose of this Section tandem axles shall be defined as any two axles more than 48 inches apart but less than 96 inches apart, (c) In cases where the axle weight does not exceed 15,500 pounds and the limit placed on the road or highway by the State Highway Commission is 13,000 pounds per axle."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of May, 1965.