GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE DRS15111-ML-69  (02/07)

Short Title:        Increase Allowed Size of Passenger Buses.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Graham (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow passenger buses that have an overall length of sixty feet or less to operate on public streets and highways.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-116(l) reads as rewritten:

"(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 4560 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."

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