NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 726

HOUSE BILL 1125

 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING WEIGHT LIMITS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAULING FOREST PRODUCTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 20-118(5) is amended by rewriting the seventh sentence of that subdivision to read:

"Provided further that a truck or other motor vehicle whose axle weight exceeds that prescribed for light-traffic roads shall be exempt from such limitations when transporting meats and row crop products originating from a farm, or forest products originating from a farm or from woodlands, on a light-traffic road to the nearest State maintained road which is not posted to prohibit the transportation of statutory legal local limits."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1981.