GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 154

SENATE BILL 160

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS TO DO LIMITED DRIVING ON THE JOB.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 95-25.5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(l)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any youth who holds a North Carolina driver's license valid for the type of driving involved may be assigned as part of his employment to drive an automobile or truck not exceeding 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight within a 25-mile radius of the principal place of employment, provided that the youth has completed a State-approved driver-education course, and provided that the assignment does not involve the towing of vehicles.  'Gross vehicle weight' includes the truck chassis with lubricants, water and full tank or tanks of fuel, plus the weight of the cab or driver's compartment, body and special chassis and body equipment, and payload."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of May, 1987.