A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt certain public authorities from the light‑traffic road limitations established by the department of transportation and to authorize the division of motor vehicles to issue permanent registration plates for motor vehicles owned and operated by certain public authorities and any Radio Emergency Associated Communications Team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑118(c)(6) reads as rewritten:
"(6)	A truck or other motor vehicle shall be exempt from the light‑traffic road limitations provided by G.S. 20‑118(b)(4) when the motor vehicles are owned, operated by or under contract to a public utility, electric or telephone membership corporation or municipality and the motor vehicles are used in connection with installation, restoration or emergency maintenance of utility services. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "public utility" includes authorities created pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑84(b) is amended by adding the following subdivisions to read:
"(20)	A motor vehicle that is owned and operated by an authority created pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 162A of the General Statutes.
(21)	A motor vehicle owned by an incorporated REACT (Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams) team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to violations committed on or after that date.