A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the joint legislative transportation oversight committee to study issues related to the use and liability of mopeds and golf carts on the public roads, highways, and public vehicular areas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee may study issues related to mopeds, as defined in G.S. 105‑164.3, and golf carts. If the Committee undertakes the study, the Committee shall study all issues related to the use of mopeds and golf carts on the public roads, highways, and public vehicular areas and to the risks and liabilities associated with the use of mopeds and golf carts and shall review statistics related to crashes caused by mopeds and golf carts, including bodily injury to or death of persons and injury to or destruction of property.
The Committee shall determine whether the State should require owners of mopeds and golf carts to maintain liability insurance on, or some other form of financial responsibility for, mopeds and golf carts. In developing its recommendations, the Committee shall review Articles 9 and 13A of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes and shall determine whether those Articles should be applicable to mopeds and golf carts as if they were motor vehicles. The Committee shall also make recommendations regarding whether mopeds and golf carts should be registered with the Division of Motor Vehicles, including the amount of the registration fee, if any, and all procedures related to the registration.
SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee shall report its findings and recommendations, including all legislative proposals, to the 2008 Regular Session of the 2007 General Assembly by April 1, 2008.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.