GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 407

SENATE BILL 185

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-118 PERTAINING TO WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(5) is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision to be designated subdivision d. to read as follows:

"d.        Where a vehicle or a combination of vehicles licensed as a farm vehicle is transporting meat, row crops, or forest products or by-products from the farm or point of origin to the first market, rendering or processing plant, the same shall be exempted from the provisions of paragraphs a., b., and c., and shall be allowed to shift the load weight from one axle to another to comply with the axle limits set forth in this section without penalty if the gross weight of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, does not exceed the licensed weight.

If the load cannot be shifted, or after shifting, the axle weight exceeds the statutory limits set forth in this section, a penalty shall be assessed as provided in paragraph (5) for each pound in excess of the maximum axle limits specified herein."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1983.