A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT permitting the routing of school buses on certain streets designated as public.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑246(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Unless road or other conditions shall make it inadvisable to do so, public school buses shall be so routed on state‑maintained highways or streets designated as public pursuant to G.S. 136‑102.6(b) and certified by the owner as having been (i) constructed in accordance with the minimum right‑of‑way and construction standards established by the Board of Transportation for acceptance on the State highway system, and (ii) submitted to the Division of Highways for review and approval pursuant to G.S. 136‑102.6(d), that the school bus, to which such pupil is assigned, shall pass within one mile of the residence of each pupil, who lives one and one half miles or more from the school to which such pupil is assigned."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.