NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 865

HOUSE BILL 392

AN ACT TO REQUIRE SPECIAL TESTS FOR PERSONS WISHING TO BE LICENSED TO OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-7 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (a1) thereto to read as follows:

"(a1)     No operator's or chauffeur's license issued on or after January 1, 1978, shall authorize the licensee to operate a motorcycle unless the license has been appropriately endorsed by the division to indicate that the licensee has passed special road and written (or oral) tests demonstrating competence to operate a motorcycle. Any person licensed prior to January 1, 1978, who has operated a motorcycle for at least two years prior to that date, will be exempt from the provisions of this subsection upon filing with the Division of Motor Vehicles an affidavit attesting to said two years' experience."

Sec. 2.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require or authorize the appropriation of additional funds to the Division of Motor Vehicles to implement the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3.  This act shall not apply to motorcycles which are rated at 190 cc (cubic centimeter) or less.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.