NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1323

HOUSE BILL 1769

 

 

AN ACT REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF A DRIVER WHO PASSES A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-217 is amended by designating the present language as subsection (a) and adding a new subsection to read:

"(b)      Proof that a motor vehicle has passed a stopped school bus in violation of this section is prima facie evidence that that motor vehicle was operated at the time of the violation by the registered owner of the vehicle."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.