NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1027

HOUSE BILL 998

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-116 AND G.S. 20-123 RELATING TO THE USE AND OPERATION OF DRIVE-AWAY MOTOR VEHICLE CARRIERS WITH SADDLE MOUNTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (e) of G.S. 20-116 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided further, that the said limitation that no combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more than two units shall not apply to a combination of vehicles coupled together by a saddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away service when no more than two saddle mounts are used and provided further that equipment used in said combination is approved by the safety regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the safety regulations of the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles and the North Carolina State Highway Commission."

Sec. 2.  Subsection (a) of G.S. 20-123 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided that this provision shall not apply to a combination of vehicles coupled together by a saddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away service when no more than two saddle mounts are used and provided further that equipment used in said combination is approved by the safety regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the safety regulations of the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles and the North Carolina State Highway Commission."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1963.