GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 861

Short Title:  Flashing School Bus Lights.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Jones; Bowman and Warner.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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April 17, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL STOP FOR SCHOOL BUSES EXHIBITING FLASHING RED STOPLIGHTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-217(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The driver of any vehicle upon approaching from any direction on the same street or highway any school bus (including privately owned buses transporting children and school buses transporting senior citizens under G.S. 115C-243), while the bus is displaying its mechanical stop signal or flashing red stoplights, and is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers, shall bring his vehicle to a full stop before passing or attempting to pass the bus, and shall remain stopped until the mechanical stop signal or flashing red stoplights have been withdrawn or until the bus has moved on."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.