NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1256

SENATE BILL 862

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 378 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA TO EXEMPT DUAL WHEEL TRAILERS FROM THE TREAD DEPTH REQUIREMENTS THEREOF.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 378 of the Session Laws of 1969 is hereby amended by striking out the colon immediately following the word "depth" as the same appears in line 13 of the ratified bill, inserting a semi-colon in lieu thereof, and adding the following words:

"; provided, the two thirty-seconds (2/32) tread depth requirements of this Section shall not apply to dual wheel trailers. Provided further that as to trucks owned by farmers and operated exclusively in the carrying and transportation of the owner's farm products which are approved for daylight use only and which are equipped with dual wheels, the tread depth requirements of this Section shall not apply to more than one wheel in each set of dual wheels."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.