GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 713

Short Title:  Matthews Police Vehicle Usage.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representative Black.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government II.

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March 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE PERSONAL USE OF MATTHEWS POLICE CARS WITHIN SPECIFIC AREAS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-247 as made applicable to cities by G.S. 14-252 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-247.  Private use of publicly owned vehicle.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent or employee of the State of North Carolina, or of any county or of any institution or agency of the State, to use for any private purpose whatsoever any motor vehicle of any type or description whatsoever belonging to the State, or to any county, or to any institution or agency of the State.  It is not a private purpose to drive a permanently assigned State-owned motor vehicle between one's official work station and one's home as provided in G.S. 143-341(8)i7a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate a rule or regulation adopted by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor concerning the control of all state-owned passenger motor vehicles as provided in G.S. 143-341(8)i with the intent to defraud the State of North Carolina.
(b)	The governing body of a city or county may by ordinance set the geographical boundaries within which police officers may use marked police vehicles for personal use."
Sec. 2.  Section 1 of this act applies to the Town of Matthews only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.