GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

 

 

SESSION LAW 2007-499

HOUSE BILL 514

 

 

AN ACT to allow passenger buses that have an overall length of forty-five feet to operate on public streets and highways.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-116 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"§ 20-116.  Size of vehicles and loads.

(l)        Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the operation of passenger buses that are owned and operated by units of local government, operated as a single vehicle only and having an overall length of 45 feet or less, on public streets or highways. The Department of Transportation may prevent the operation of buses that are authorized under this subsection if the operation of such buses on a street or highway presents a hazard to passengers of the buses or to the motoring public.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 2007.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 12:49 p.m. this 30th day of August, 2007