GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 997

HOUSE BILL 1621

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE SAFE DRIVER INCENTIVE PLAN SURCHARGES ON ACCIDENTS BY FIRE, RESCUE, OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHILE ACTING IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Sec. 1.  G.S. 58-36-75(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      There shall be no Facility recoupment surcharge under G.S. 58-37-40(f) or Safe Driver Incentive Plan surcharges under G.S. 58-36-65 for accidents or conviction for speeding violations occurring when only operating a firefighting, rescue squad, or law enforcement vehicle in response to an emergency if the operator of the vehicle at the time of the accident or speeding violation was a paid or volunteer member of any fire department, rescue squad, or any law enforcement agency.  This exception does not include an accident or speeding violation occurring after the vehicle ceases to be used in response to such emergency. the emergency and the emergency ceases to exist."

Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1992, and applies to accidents occurring on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of July, 1992.

Henson P. Barnes

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives