NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1135

SENATE BILL 591

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SECURITY FOR PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND MINIMUM STANDARDS OF HIGHWAY SAFETY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS AND PROPERTY FOR HIRE UNDER EXEMPTION FROM OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 62-260 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (f) at the end thereof to read as follows:

"(f)       Notwithstanding the exemptions for transportation of passengers and property provided under subsections (a) through (e) of this Section, all motor carriers transporting passengers for compensation under said exemptions or under any special exemptions granted by the Utilities Commission under G.S. 62-261 shall be subject to the same requirements for security for protection of the public as are established for regulated motor common carriers by the rules of the Utilities Commission pursuant to G.S. 62-268, and all such motor carriers transporting for hire under said exemption provisions shall further be subject to the same requirements for safety of operation of said motor vehicles as are required of regulated motor common carriers under the provisions of this Chapter and the regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant thereto. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement of said requirements in the case of all such exempt operations, and the officers and agents of the Commission shall have full authority to inspect said exempt vehicles and to apply all enforcement regulations and penalties for violation of said security regulations and safety regulations as in the case of regulated motor carriers."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  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 5th day of July, 1967.