NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 880

HOUSE BILL 1104

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-116 TO PROVIDE A 102-INCH WIDTH FOR PASSENGER BUSES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Amend G.S. 20-116 by adding thereto a new subsection to be designated (k) to read as follows:

"(k)      Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the operation of passenger buses having an over-all width of 102 inches, exclusive of safety equipment, upon the highways of this State which are 20 feet or wider and that are designated as the State Primary System, or as municipal streets, when, and not until, the federal law and regulations thereunder permit the operation of passenger buses having a width of 102 inches or wider on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after September 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1969.