Bill Text: NC S441 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Amend Weight Requirements-Certain Vehicles

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Ref To Com On Transportation [S441 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S441-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 441*

 

 

Short Title:        Amend Weight Requirements‑Certain Vehicles.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Gunn, Vaughan;  Brock, Harrington, Hise, Jackson, Rouzer, Soucek, and Tucker.
Referred to:	Transportation.

March 29, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow the hauling of ready‑mixed concrete in excess of weight limits so long as certain conditions are met.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑118(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(16)    Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a vehicle or vehicle combination that meets all of the conditions below, but all other enforcement provisions of this Article remain applicable:

a.         Is hauling unhardened ready‑mixed concrete.

b.         Does not operate on an interstate highway or a posted light‑traffic road, or exceed any posted bridge weight limits.

c.         Does not exceed a maximum gross weight of 69,000 pounds for axles one through three, and does not exceed a total gross vehicle or gross combined vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds. For the purposes of this subdivision, the tolerance allowed by subsection (h) of this section shall not apply."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2011.