GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2001

 

 

SESSION LAW 2002-150

SENATE BILL 589

 

 

AN ACT TO permit the highway use of off-road vehicles used in agricultural quarantine programs.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-51 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"§ 20-51.  Exempt from registration.

The following shall be exempt from the requirement of registration and certificate of title:

(14)     Any vehicle that meets all of the following:

a.         Is designed for use in work off the highway.

b.         Is used for agricultural quarantine programs under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

c.         Is driven or moved on the highway for the purpose of going to and from nonhighway projects.

d.         Is identified in a manner approved by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

e.         Is operated by a person who possesses an identification card issued by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of September, 2002.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 2:30 p.m. this 9th day of October, 2002