GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 2000-57
SENATE BILL 1081

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2000.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 1:38 p.m. this 30th day of June, 2000