NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 461

HOUSE BILL 1008

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-118(5) TO CLARIFY THE EXEMPTION FOR TRUCKS OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES, MATERIAL, EQUIPMENT OR PRODUCTS 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 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes is hereby amended on line 23 by inserting between the word and punctuation "road." and the word "Provided" the following sentence: "Provided further 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 meats and row crop products originating from a farm on a light traffic road to the nearest State maintained road which is not posted to prohibit the transportation of statutory legal load limits."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1977.