GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 635
SENATE BILL 631

AN ACT TO LOWER THE LIABILITY INSURANCE AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN AMUSEMENT DEVICES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 95-111.12(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	No owner shall operate a device subject to the provisions of this Article, unless at the time, there is in existence a contract of insurance providing coverage of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence against liability for injury to persons or property arising out of the operation or use of such device or there is in existence a contract of insurance providing coverage of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per occurrence against liability for injury to persons or property arising out of the operation or use of the amusement devices if the annual gross volume of the devices does not exceed two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000);  provided waterslides shall not be required to be insured as herein provided for an amount in excess of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per occurrence.  The insurance contract to be provided must be by any insurer or surety that is acceptable to the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and authorized to transact business in this State."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 95-111.4(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	To inspect and have tested for acceptance all new and relocated devices subject to the provisions of this Article.  Relocated amusement devices shall be inspected upon reassembly at each new location within this State;  provided that the Commissioner may provide for less frequent inspections when he determines that the device is of such a type and its use is of such a nature that inspection less often than upon each reassembly would not expose the public to an unsafe condition likely to result in serious personal injury or property damage;".
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 1987.