GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 440

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/2/09

Short Title:        The Nicolas Adkins School Bus Safety Act.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 9, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for the use of automated camera or video recording systems to DETECT and prosecute individuals who pass stopped school buses, as recommended by the child fatality task force.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑217 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(h) Automated camera and video recording systems may be used to detect and prosecute violations of this section. Any photograph or video recorded by a camera or video recording system shall, if consistent with the North Carolina Rules of Evidence, be admissible as evidence in any proceeding alleging a violation of subsection (a) of this section."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.