A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide additional methods for proving that a stopped vehicle passed by another motor vehicle is a "school bus" subject to the provisions of G.S. 20‑217.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑217(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	For the purpose of this section, the term "school bus" includes a public school bus transporting children or school personnel, a public school bus transporting senior citizens under G.S. 115C‑243, or a privately owned school bus transporting children. The following shall be prima facie evidence that a vehicle was a school bus, as defined in this section and Chapter, at the time of a violation of subsection (a) of this section:
(1)	A certified copy of a record from the Division showing the vehicle was registered as a school bus at the time of the violation of subsection (a) of this section. A certified copy of a record under this subdivision shall be admissible as evidence without further authentication.
(2)	Testimony from the school bus driver, a passenger on the school bus, or the law enforcement officer investigating the violation of subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.