GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1264

Short Title:  Motorcycle Helmet Usage.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Wood; Pope, Decker, Arnold, and G. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE MOTORCYCLE HELMET USAGE VOLUNTARY RATHER THAN MANDATORY FOR ADULTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-140.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	No person shall operate a motorcycle upon a highway or public vehicular area:
(1)	When the number of persons upon such motorcycle, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry.
(2)	Unless the operator and all passengers thereon under the age of 21 years wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.