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 only when requested by the shipper or when required by law.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20-196.4.  Oversized and hazardous shipment escort fee.
(a)	Every person, firm, corporation, or entity required by the North Carolina Department of Transportation or any federal agency or commission to have a law enforcement escort provided by the State Highway Patrol for the transport of any oversized load or hazardous load by road or rail, 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 by road or rail, 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.
(c)	The Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall establish fees to carry out this section."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.