NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 736
SENATE BILL 890

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-118(5) TO EXEMPT TRUCKS OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES, MATERIAL OR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT FARMING OPERATIONS FROM PENALTIES PROVIDED THEREIN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-118(5) as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes is hereby amended on line 18 by inserting between the word and punctuation action and the word "Provided" the following sentence: "Provided, that a truck or other motor vehicle whose axle load exceeds that prescribed for light traffic roads shall be exempt from such limitations when transporting supplies material or equipment necessary to carry out a farming operation engaged in the production of meats and row crops when the destination of such vehicle and load is located solely upon said light traffic road."
Sec. 2.  Provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed in order to raise the load limit heretofore or hereafter set by the Department of Transportation on any bridge.
Sec. 3.  In the event of undue damage to any light traffic road heretofore referred as a result of this action, such road or roads may then be restricted by the Division of Highways.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.