A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create additional protections for motorcyclists from unsafe movements by other vehicles.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑154 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	A violation of subsection (a) of this section that causes a motorcycle operator to change travel lanes or leave that portion of any public street or highway designated as travel lanes shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall require payment of a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00). A violation of subsection (a) of this section that results in a crash causing property damage or personal injury to a motorcycle operator or passenger shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall require payment of a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.