A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt buses from safety inspections required under motor vehicle laws if they are titled to a local education agency and subject to school bus inspection requirements, as recommended by the joint legislative transportation oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.2(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	Safety Inspection Exceptions. – The following vehicles shall not be subject to a safety inspection pursuant to this Article:
(1)	Historic vehicles, as defined in G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(55).
(2)	Buses titled to a local education agency and subject to the school bus inspection requirements specified by the State Board of Education and G.S. 115C‑248(a)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.