NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 313

HOUSE BILL 328

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-4.01 TO OMIT CARPOOLS AND VANPOOLS FROM THE CLASSIFICATION OF "FOR-HIRE PASSENGER VEHICLES."

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-4.01(27)(b), as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to 1975 Replacement Volume 1C, is rewritten to read as follows:

"b.        For-hire passenger vehicles - Vehicles transporting persons for compensation. This classification shall not include vehicles operated as ambulances; vehicles (except those with wheelbases of 140 inches or more) operated by the owner where the cost of operation is shared by the passengers; vehicles (except those with wheelbases of 140 inches or more) operated by any bona fide employee for the transportation of other bona fide employees and himself to and from the place(s) of their regular employment and operated for compensation only for one round trip per day to and from the work location(s); vehicles transporting students for the public school system under contract with the State Board of Education; or vehicles leased to the United States of America or any of its agencies on a nonprofit basis."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1977.