GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

HOUSE BILL 741

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to set a maximum length for law enforcement and emergency management vehicles.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-116(d) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(4) Vehicles owned or leased by State, local, or federal government, when used for official law enforcement or emergency management purposes, shall not exceed 45 feet in length overall, excluding bumpers and mirrors."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13^th day of June, 2012.

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                        _____________________________________

                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2012