NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1095

HOUSE BILL 1174

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO APPLY THE TERM "CONTRACT CARRIER" ONLY TO MOTOR CARRIERS FRANCHISED UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT, AND TO USE THE TERM "EXEMPT FOR HIRE CARRIERS" FOR EXEMPT CARRIERS PURCHASING FOR HIRE LICENSE PLATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-88 is hereby amended by striking out the caption "Contract Carrier" appearing over the third column of registration fee rates in Subsection (b) of said Section and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "Contract Carriers, Flat Rate Common Carriers and Exempt for Hire Carriers".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-88(g) is hereby amended by striking out the portion thereof in the first three lines and part of the fourth line reading as follows:

"(g)       Contract carriers under the definitions of this Article who receive and operate under a certificate or permit or other authority from the Utilities Commission as restricted common carriers under the provisions of §§ 62-121.5 through 62-121.79," and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(g)       Contract carriers who receive and operate under a permit or other authority from the Utilities Commission under the provisions of G.S. 62-262 and other provisions of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes relating thereto,".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-38(24)a is hereby amended by striking out the words:

"a.        Contract Carrier Vehicles. All motor vehicles used for the transportation of property for hire, but not licensed as common carriers of property under the provisions of §§ 62-121.5 through 62‑121.79; provided, that motor vehicles operating as interstate common carriers of property under authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be registered as contract carrier vehicles if they do contract property-hauling in North Carolina;"

appearing as the caption and the first six lines and part of the seventh line of said subparagraph and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"a.        Exempt For Hire Vehicles. All motor vehicles used for the transportation of property for hire but not licensed as common carriers or contract carriers of property under franchise certificates or permits issued by the Utilities Commission pursuant to G.S. 62-262 and other provisions of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes, or by the Interstate Commerce Commission;".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-38(24) is hereby amended by adding a new subsection f. at the end thereof to read as follows:

"f.         Contract Carrier of Property Vehicles. Every motor vehicle used for the transportation of property under a franchise permit of a regulated contract carrier issued by the North Carolina Utilities Commission under G.S. 62-262 or the Interstate Commerce Commission."

Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after February 15, 1968.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1967.