A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To authorize the state highway patrol to assess and collect fees for providing escorts for oversized and hazardous shipments.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20-167.2.  Oversized and hazardous shipment escort fee.
(a)	Every person, firm, corporation, or entity required by any statute to have a law enforcement escort provided by the State Highway Patrol for the transport of any oversized or hazardous load, shall pay to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety a fee covering the full cost to administer, plan, and carry out the escort within this State.
(b)	If the State Highway Patrol provides an escort to any person, firm, corporation, or entity requesting an escort to accompany the transport of oversized loads or hazardous shipments, then the requester shall pay to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety a fee covering the full cost to administer, plan, and carry out the escort within this State."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.