A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt vehicles used by the rowan county sheriff's office from the prohibition on using publicly owned vehicles for private purposes in 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 subsection (a) of this section, a member of the county sheriff's department may use his or her law enforcement vehicle for personal use in certain circumstances. The county sheriff shall determine in writing under what circumstances a member of the county sheriff's department may use his or her law enforcement vehicle for personal use, but this determination may be overturned by a simple majority vote of the county board of commissioners."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Rowan County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.