GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-499
HOUSE BILL 514
AN ACT to allow passenger buses that have an overall length of forty-five feet to operate on public streets and highways.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-116 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"§ 20-116. Size of vehicles and loads.
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(l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the operation of passenger buses that are owned and operated by units of local government, operated as a single vehicle only and having an overall length of 45 feet or less, on public streets or highways. The Department of Transportation may prevent the operation of buses that are authorized under this subsection if the operation of such buses on a street or highway presents a hazard to passengers of the buses or to the motoring public.
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SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:49 p.m. this 30th day of August, 2007