GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 60
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/10/97

Short Title:  Clarify Left-Turn Rules.	(Public)

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February 6, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE RULES FOR MAKING LEFT TURNS ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-153(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Left Turns. – The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left  at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of that vehicle, and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction upon the roadway being entered.  "
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.