NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1082

HOUSE BILL 1165

 

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT CERTAIN EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO USE SIRENS AND OTHER SPECIAL WARNING DEVICES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. All official vehicles owned by any life-saving and rescue squad or association, whether paid or voluntary, shall be permitted to carry and use, while on a mission of mercy, red lights, sirens, and any other special warning devices of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Sec. 2. The captain or chief of any organization as defined in Section I above, and any other two officers designated by him, shall be permitted to mount and use, while on a mission of mercy, the special equipment defined in Section 1 above, on their private automobiles. Provided, however, that the captain or chief and officers of said organization shall first list their names, and the make and model of their private automobile with the Clerk of Superior Court of the county where they reside.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of their conflict.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to Gaston and Lincoln Counties.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1959.