NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 537

HOUSE BILL 166

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-118 CONCERNING AXLE WEIGHTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Subsection 5(b) of G.S. 20-118, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the last three lines thereof following the word "pounds," at the end of line two and inserting the words "for any two axle combination or 60,000 pounds for any three axle combination." in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2.  Subsection 6 of G.S. 20-118, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes is amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"(6)      Axle Weights. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

a.         Single axle weight. The total load on all wheels whose centers are included within two parallel transverse planes less than forty-eight inches apart.

b.         Tandem axle weight. The total load on all wheels whose centers are at least forty-eight inches apart but not more than one-hundred-four inches apart and are equipped with a connecting mechanism designed to equalize the load on all axles except that as to any vehicle equipped with tandem axles prior to July 1, 1969, the portion of this definition concerning a connecting mechanism designed to equalize the load on all axles shall not apply."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1969.