A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt all‑terrain vehicles operated by public safety agencies from having to be registered as motor vehicles.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑51 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑51.  Exempt from registration.
The following shall be exempt from the requirement of registration and certificate of title:
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(16)	Any all‑terrain vehicle operated by a public safety agency, to include but not be limited to municipal police departments, municipal and volunteer fire departments, municipal or contracted ocean rescue organizations or rescue squads, that is used in the furtherance of its duties."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑183.2(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	Safety Inspection Exceptions. – The following vehicles are exempt from safety inspections:
(1)	Historic vehicles, as defined in G.S.  20‑79.4(b)(17).
(2)	Any all‑terrain vehicle operated by a public safety agency, to include but not be limited to municipal police departments, municipal and volunteer fire departments, municipal or contracted ocean rescue organizations or rescue squads, that is used in the furtherance of its duties."
SECTION 3.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20‑137.3.  Public safety all‑terrain vehicles exempt from equipment requirements.
Any all‑terrain vehicle operated by a public safety agency, to include but not be limited to municipal police departments, municipal and volunteer fire departments, municipal or contracted ocean rescue organizations or rescue squads, that is used in the furtherance of its duties shall be exempt from the equipment requirements of Part 9 of this Article."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.