NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 586

SENATE BILL 362

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 62-281 TO MAKE SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS OPERATING IN NORTH CAROLINA APPLICABLE TO ALL FOR-HIRE INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 62-281 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"§ 62-281.  Safety regulations applicable to motor carrier vehicles. — The Utilities Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate highway safety rules and regulations for all for-hire motor carrier vehicles engaged in interstate commerce and intrastate commerce over the highways of North Carolina, whether common carriers, contract carriers or exempt carriers."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after January 1, 1972.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1971.