GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 456

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/21/15

 

Short Title:        Clarify Weight Limits/Ag. Vehicles.		(Public)
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April 2, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify the road weight limitation exceptions for transportation of agricultural products and supplies.

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 or vehicle combination that meets all of the conditions set out below:

a.         Is transporting any of the following items within 150 miles of the point of origination:

1.         Agriculture dairy and crop products transported from a farm to a processing plant or market.

2.         Water, fertilizer, pesticides, seeds, fuel, or animal waste transported to or from a farm by a farm vehicle as defined in G.S. 20‑37.16(e)(3).farm, or from a farm to a farm.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.