GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	3 

SENATE BILL 1081
Second Edition Engrossed 4/28/99
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/22/00

Short Title:  Aggregate Weight Change.  	(Public)

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC PARITY FOR THE HAULING OF AGGREGATE PRODUCTS FROM LIMITED AREAS OF THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(14)	Subsections (b) and (e) of this section do not apply to a vehicle that meets all of the following conditions:
a.	Is hauling aggregates from a distribution yard or a State-permitted production site within a North Carolina county contiguous to the North Carolina State border to a destination in an adjacent state as verified by a weight ticket in the driver's possession and available for inspection by enforcement personnel.
b.	Does not operate on an interstate highway or posted bridge.
c.	Does not exceed 69,850 pounds gross vehicle weight and 53,850 pounds per axle grouping for tri-axle vehicles.  For purposes of this subsection, a tri-axle vehicle is a single unit vehicle with a three consecutive axle group on which the respective distance between any two consecutive axles of the group, measured longitudinally center to center to the nearest foot, does not exceed eight feet.  For purposes of this subsection, the tolerance provisions of subsection (h) of this section do not apply.
d.	All other enforcement provisions of this Article remain applicable."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.