GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1069

HOUSE BILL 2654

 

AN ACT TO EXEMPT MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "VEHICLE" IN CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-4.01(49) reads as rewritten:

"(49)   Vehicle.-Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon fixed rails or tracks; provided, that for the purposes of this Chapter bicycles shall be deemed vehicles and every rider of a bicycle upon a highway shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle except those which by their nature can have no application.  This term shall not include a device which is designed for and intended to be used as a means of transportation for a person with a mobility impairment, is suitable for use both inside and outside a building, and whose maximum speed does not exceed 12 miles per hour when the device is being operated by a person with a mobility impairment."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of July, 1988.