GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2008-172

HOUSE BILL 2265

AN ACT to exempt buses from safety inspections required under motor vehicle laws if they are titled to a local board of education and subject to school bus inspection requirements, as recommended by the joint legislative transportation oversight committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.2(a1) reads as rewritten:

"(a1)    Safety Inspection Exception.Exceptions. – Historic vehicles, as defined in G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(55),The following vehicles shall not be subject to a safety inspection pursuant to this Article.Article:

(1) Historic vehicles, as defined in G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(55).

(2) Buses titled to a local board of education and subject to the school bus inspection requirements specified by the State Board of Education and G.S. 115C‑248(a)."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15^th day of July, 2008.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 2:52 p.m. this 4^th day of August, 2008