GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 578

Short Title:  School Bus Speed to 45 mph.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle; and Martin of Pitt.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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March 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM SPEED FOR SCHOOL BUSES TO FORTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-218(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a school bus loaded with children over the highways or public vehicular areas of North Carolina at a greater rate of speed than 45 miles per hour, 
	except that school activity buses which are painted a different color from regular school buses and which are being used for transportation of students or others to or from places for participation in events other than regular classroom work, it shall be unlawful to operate such a school activity bus at a greater rate of speed than 55 miles per hour.
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Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.