GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

 

 

S.L. 1997-178

HOUSE BILL 966

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR OPTIONS IN FLAG AND LIGHT COLORS FOR EXTENDED TRUCKLOADS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-117 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20-117.  Flag or light at end of load.

Whenever the load on any vehicle shall extend more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or body thereof, there shall be displayed at the end of such load, in such position as to be clearly visible at all times from the rear of such load, a red or orange flag not less than 12 inches both in length and width, except that from sunset to sunrise there shall be displayed at the end of any such load a red or amber light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions at least 200 feet from the rear of such vehicle."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1997.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

 

Approved 3:38 p.m. this 12th day of June, 1997