GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 882

Short Title:  Taxicabs-No Seat Belts Required.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Hunt of Durham.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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April 17, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT TAXICABS FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MANDATORY SEAT BELT LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-135.2A(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1)	A driver or occupant with a medical or physical condition that prevents appropriate restraint by a safety belt or with a professionally certified mental phobia against the wearing of vehicle restraints;
(2)	A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service while performing duties as a rural letter carrier;
(3)	A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving the vehicle or delivering property from the vehicle if the speed of the vehicle between stops does not exceed 20 miles per hour;
(4)	Any vehicle registered and licensed as a property-carrying vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20-88, while being used for agricultural or commercial purposes; 
(5)	A motor vehicle not required to be equipped with seat safety belts under federal law; or
(6)	A taxicab driver while the taxicab is being operated for hire."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.