GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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HOUSE BILL 261
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/29/11
Senate Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 6/6/12
Short Title: Intrastate Motor Carrier Markings. |
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March 9, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require intrastate motor carriers to be marked.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-101 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-101. Certain business vehicles to be marked.
(a) A motor vehicle that is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390, the federal motor carrier safety regulations, shall be marked as required by that Part.
(b) A motor vehicle
with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 26,000 pounds
that is used in intrastate commerce shall have (i) the name of the owner
and (ii) the motor carrier's identification number preceded by the letters
"USDOT" and followed by the letters "NC" printed on
each side of the vehicle in letters not less that three inches in height,
unless either of the following applies:than three inches in height. The
provisions of this subsection shall not apply if
(1) The the
motor vehicle is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390.
(2) The
motor vehicle is a farm vehicle as further described in G.S. 20-118(c)(4),
(c)(5), or (c)(12).
(c) A motor vehicle that is subject to regulation by the North Carolina Utilities Commission shall be marked as required by that Commission and as otherwise required by this section.
(d) A motor vehicle
equipped to tow or transport another motor vehicle, hired for the purpose of
towing or transporting another motor vehicle, shall have the name and address
of the registered owner of the vehicle, and the name of the business or person
being hired if different, printed on the each side of the vehicle
in letters not less than three inches in height. This subsection shall not
apply to motor vehicles subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2012, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. During the period from December 1, 2012, to November 30, 2013, an operator of a motor vehicle who violates this act shall be given a warning of violation only.