NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 478

HOUSE BILL 47

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-183.3 TO INCLUDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS IN THOSE ITEMS REQUIRING ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-183.3 is amended by adding rear view mirror or mirrors to the list of inspection items so that G.S. 20-183.3 shall read as follows:

"§ 20-183.3.  Inspection requirements. — Before an approval certificate may be issued for a motor vehicle, the vehicle must be inspected by a safety inspection equipment station, and if required by chapter 20 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, must be found to possess in safe operating condition the following articles and equipment:

(1)        Brakes

(2)        Lights

(3)        Horn

(4)        Steering mechanism

(5)        Windshield wiper

(6)        Directional signals

(7)        Tires

(8)        Rear view mirror or mirrors

The inspection requirements herein provided for shall not exceed the standards provided in the current General Statutes for such equipment."

Sec. 2.  In addition to the items listed above, safety inspection equipment stations shall inspect the exhaust systems of all vehicles inspected and report the condition of each exhaust system to the owners or to the persons offering the vehicles for inspection.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1972.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1971.