NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 340
SENATE BILL 267

AN ACT TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF ALL MOTORBOATS ON PUBLIC WATERS OF THIS STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 75A-2(1) is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:
"(1)	'Motorboat' means any vessel equipped with propulsion machinery of any type whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion: Provided that 'propulsion machinery' as used in this section shall not include an electric motor when used as the only means of mechanical propulsion of any vessel: Provided further, that the term 'motorboat' shall not include a vessel which has a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States government or any federal agency successor thereto."
Sec. 2.  Subsection (n) of G.S. 75A-6 is hereby amended by deleting the proviso at the end of subsection and by changing the colon following the word "collision" to a period.
Sec. 3.  G.S. 75A-8 is hereby amended by deleting the words boat equipped with more than ten horsepower" and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "motorboat".
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1976.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1975.