AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, BLADENBORO, AND ROSE HILL TO regulate golf carts and TO CLARIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN THE SEVEN LAKES COMMUNITY IN MOORE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20‑50 and G.S. 20‑54, a town may, by ordinance, regulate the operation of electric golf carts on any public street or road within the town.
By ordinance, a town may require the registration of golf carts, charge a fee for the registration, specify the persons authorized to operate golf carts, and specify the required equipment, load limits, and the hours and methods of operation of golf carts.
SECTION 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 13 of the 1995 Session Laws, as amended by Session Law 2002‑82, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  This act is enforceable by any company policeman appointed under Chapter 74E of the General Statutes, certified by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, and employed by the Seven Lakes Landowners Association, Inc., or by any law enforcement officer acting within the officer's territorial jurisdiction."
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act applies only to the Towns of Elizabethtown, Rose Hill and Bladenboro.  Section 2 of this act applies only to Moore County.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of April, 2005.

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	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives