NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 373

SENATE BILL 362

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-72 TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY FOR ESTABLISHING THE MAXIMUM SAFE LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY OF BRIDGES ON THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-72 as the same appears in Volume 3B of the 1974 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 136-72.  Load limits for bridges; penalty for violations. — The Board of Transportation shall have authority to determine the safe load carrying capacity for any and all bridges on highways on the State Highway System. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to drive, operate or tow on any bridge on the State Highway System any vehicle or said person, firm or corporation shall so drive, operate or tow a combination of vehicles with a gross weight exceeding the safe load carrying capacity established by the Board of Transportation and posted at each end of said bridge. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-118 as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the 1965 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:

"Any vehicle or combination of vehicles operated on any highway on the State Highway System shall also be subject to the safe load carrying capacity for bridges as established and posted by the Board of Transportation pursuant to G.S. 136-72."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1975.