A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT exempting vehicles used for carpooling by mecklenburg county employees and nonemployees from the provisions of G.S. 14‑247.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑247 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑247.  Private use of publicly owned vehicle.
(a)	It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent or employee of the State of North Carolina, or of any county or of any institution or agency of the State, to use for any private purpose whatsoever any motor vehicle of any type or description whatsoever belonging to the State, or to any county, or to any institution or agency of the State. It is not a private purpose to drive a permanently assigned state‑ owned motor vehicle between one's official work station and one's home as provided in G.S. 143‑341(8)i7a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate a rule or regulation adopted by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor concerning the control of all state‑owned passenger motor vehicles as provided in G.S. 143‑341(8)i with the intent to defraud the State of North Carolina.
(b)	Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, county employees and authorized nonemployees may use county vehicles for carpooling lawfully as permitted by the county."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Mecklenburg County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.