A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to Change the element making passing a stopped school bus and striking a person a felony from requiring "serious bodily injury" and removing the requirement of signage being at least eight inches from the definition of school bus to correspond to the changes madE to G.S. 20‑217 in the 2005 Session.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑217(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) of this section and strikes any person shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑4.01d4  reads as rewritten:
"d4.	School bus. – A vehicle whose primary purpose is to transport school students over an established route to and from school for the regularly scheduled school day, that is equipped with alternately flashing red lights on the front and rear and a mechanical stop signal, and that bears the words "School Bus" on the front and rear.The term includes a public, private, or parochial vehicle that meets this description."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.