A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT A VEHICLE USED TO TOW OR TRANSPORT ANOTHER VEHICLE BE MARKED SO THAT THE OWNER MAY BE IDENTIFIED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑101 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑101.  Certain business vehicles to be marked.
A motor vehicle that is subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390, the federal motor carrier safety regulations, shall be marked as required by that Part.
A motor vehicle that is not subject to those regulations, has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, but less than 26,001 pounds, and is used in intrastate commerce, and is not a farm vehicle, as further described in G.S. 20‑118(c)(4), (c)(5), or (c)(12), shall have the name of the owner printed on the side of the vehicle in letters not less than three inches in height.
A motor vehicle that is subject to regulation by the North Carolina Utilities Commission shall be marked as required by that Commission and as otherwise required by this section.
A motor vehicle that is equipped to tow or transport another motor vehicle for hire, and that is not subject to 49 C.F.R. Part 390, shall have the name and address of the owner printed on the side of the vehicle in letters not less than three inches in height." 
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007.