Bill Text: NC S227 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: School Bus Crash Reports Name Disclosure

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-12 - Ch. SL 2012-147 [S227 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-S227-Chaptered.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2012-147

SENATE BILL 227

 

 

AN ACT to provide that the name and address of a minor child involved in a school bus crash may be disclosed only in certain circumstances.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑166.1(h)(3) reads as rewritten:

"(h)       Forms. – The Division shall provide forms or procedures for submitting crash data to persons required to make reports under this section and the reports shall be made in a format approved by the Commissioner. The following information shall be included about a reportable crash:

(3)        The persons and vehicles involved.involved, except that the name and address of a minor child involved in a school bus crash who is a passenger on a school bus may only be disclosed to (i) the local board of education, (ii) the State Board of Education, (iii) the parent or guardian of the child, (iv) an insurance company investigating a claim arising out of the crash, (v) an attorney representing a person involved in the crash, and (vi) law enforcement officials investigating the crash. As used in this subdivision, school bus also includes a school activity bus as defined by G.S. 20‑4.01(27).

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2012.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of July, 2012.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 3:57 p.m. this 12th day of July, 2012

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