GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 695

HOUSE BILL 1182

 

AN ACT TO DELETE THE UNNECESSARY "L" ENDORSEMENT FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-37.16(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      Endorsements. - The endorsements required to drive certain motor vehicles are as follows:

Endorsement                                                  Vehicles That Can Be Driven

H                                             Vehicles carrying hazardous materials, other than tank vehicles

L                                              Double trailers that are longer combination vehicles

M                                            Motorcycles

N                                             Tank vehicles not carrying hazardous materials

P                                              Vehicles carrying passengers

T                                              Double trailers other than longer combination vehicles

X                                             Tank vehicles carrying hazardous materials.

To obtain an H or an X endorsement, an applicant must take a test.  This requirement applies when a person first obtains an H or an X endorsement and each time a person renews an H or an X endorsement. An applicant who has an H or an X endorsement issued by another state who applies for an H or an X endorsement must take a test unless the person has passed a test that covers the information set out in 49 C.F.R. § 383.121 within the preceding two years."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1996.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives