A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require only those who are less than EIGHTEEN YEARS old to wear a helmet while operating a motorcycle.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑140.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑140.4.  Special provisions for motorcycles and mopeds.
(a)	No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped upon a highway or public vehicular area:
(1)	When the number of persons upon such motorcycle or moped, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry.
(2)	Unless an operator and all passengers who are under 18 years of age thereon wear on their heads, with a retention strap properly secured, safety helmets of a type that complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 218.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.