Bill Text: NC S509 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Authority/Weight & Perm. Plates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-15 - Re-ref Com On Finance [S509 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S509-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

S                                                                                                                                                    2

SENATE BILL 509

Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 7/15/15

 

Short Title:        Public Authority/Weight & Perm. Plates.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 26, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to exempt certain public authorities from the light‑traffic road limitations established by the department of transportation and to authorize the division of motor vehicles to issue permanent registration plates for motor vehicles owned and operated by certain public authorities and any Radio Emergency Associated Communications Team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑118(c)(6) reads as rewritten:

"(6)      A truck or other motor vehicle shall be exempt from suchthe light‑traffic road limitations provided by G.S. 20‑118(b)(4) when suchthe motor vehicles are owned, operated by or under contract to a public utility, electric or telephone membership corporation or municipality and suchthe motor vehicles are used in connection with installation, restoration or emergency maintenance of utility services. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "public utility" includes authorities created pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑84(b) is amended by adding the following subdivisions to read:

"(20)    A motor vehicle that is owned and operated by an authority created pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes.

(21)      A motor vehicle owned by an incorporated REACT (Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams) team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to violations committed on or after that date.