AN ACT to set a maximum length for law enforcement and emergency management vehicles.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑116(d) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(4)	Vehicles owned or leased by State, local, or federal government, when used for official law enforcement or emergency management purposes, shall not exceed 45 feet in length overall, excluding bumpers and mirrors."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 2012.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 11:46 a.m. this 20th day of June, 2012