GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-354
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-118(c)(12) reads as rewritten:
"(12) Subsections (b) and (e) of this section
do not apply to a vehicle that meets one of the following descriptions, (i)
is hauling agricultural crops from the farm where they were grown to first
market, (ii) is within 35 miles of that farm, (iii) does not
operate on an interstate highway or posted bridge while hauling the
crops, and does not exceed its registered weight: and meets one of
the following descriptions:
a. Is a
five-axle combination with a gross weight of no more than 88,000 90,000
pounds, a single-axle weight of no more than 22,000 pounds, a tandem-axle
weight of no more than 42,000 pounds, and a length of at least 51 feet between
the first and last axles of the combination.
b. Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 761, s. 13.
c. Is a four-axle combination with a gross weight that does not exceed the limit set in subdivision (b)(3) of this section, a single-axle weight of no more than 22,000 pounds, and a tandem-axle weight of no more than 42,000 pounds."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of July, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 4:07 p.m. this 1st day of August, 1997