Bill Text: NC H117 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Revise Laws for Unoccupied School Buses

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-19 - Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Education [H117 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-H117-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 117

 

 

Short Title:        Revise Laws for Unoccupied School Buses.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Brody and Jeter (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Transportation, if favorable, Education.

February 19, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to modify the speed limit for a school bus with no child passengers on board.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑218(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Speed Limits. – It is unlawful to drive a school bus occupied by one or more child passengers over the highways or public vehicular areas of the State at a greater rate of speed than 45 miles per hour. It is unlawful to drive a school activity bus occupied by one or more child passengers over the highways or public vehicular areas of North Carolinathe State at a greater rate of speed than 55 miles per hour. A person shall drive a school bus or school activity bus with no child passengers on board over the highways or public vehicular areas of the State at a speed not greater than the posted speed limit, and the driver shall not be required to use hazard lights when traveling on the interstate."

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