GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 30

Short Title:  Use of Motorcycle Helmets.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Baker; Davis, Hill, Church, Cansler, Culp, and Gulley.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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February 4, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE USE OF HELMETS BY OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS ON MOTORCYCLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-140.4(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped upon a highway or public vehicular area:
(1)	When the number of persons upon such motorcycle or moped, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry.
(2)	Unless the operator and all passengers thereon wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, except that:
a.	If the operator is 21 years of age or older and has had a motorcycle license or a motorcycle endorsement for more than 12 months, then the operator may operate the motorcycle without a helmet; and
b.	If the operator is allowed to operate a motorcycle without a helmet pursuant to sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision and the passenger is 21 years of age or older, then the passenger may ride without a helmet."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.