GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 955

Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 5/11/09

Short Title:        Bicycle Lights at Night.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 26, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require that bicycles have visible lights on the front and rear of the bicycle when operated at night on a street, highway, or public vehicular area.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-129(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)       Lamps on Bicycles. - Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least 300 feet in front of such bicycle, and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the rear, exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of such bicycle, when used at night.in operation at night on a street, highway, or public vehicular area."

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