GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1170

Short Title:  Moped Regulation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Miller; and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 11, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A PERSON WHOSE LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED FROM OPERATING A MOPED, TO REQUIRE SAFETY HELMETS FOR RIDERS OF MOPEDS, AND TO PROHIBIT MOPEDS ON STREETS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS GREATER THAN THIRTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-10.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-10.1. Mopeds.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while his driver's license is suspended or revoked, or who is under the age of 16 years to operate a moped as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)d1 upon any highway or public vehicular area of this State."
Sec. 2.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20-140.5.  Special provisions for mopeds.
	(a)	No person shall operate a moped, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)d1 upon a highway or public vehicular area unless the operator of the moped and all passengers on the moped wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner.
	(b)	No person shall operate a moped on a highway where the posted speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.