A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that a person driving an automobile while exercising due care is immune from civil liability for any injury to another if the injured person was participating in a protest or DEMONSTRATION AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY AT the time of the injury.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The title of Article 43B of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Article 43B.
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Immunities and Other Defenses."
SECTION 2.  Article 43B of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 1‑539.13  Immunity from civil liability for certain automobile drivers.
(a)	A person driving an automobile who is exercising due care and injures another person who is participating in a protest or demonstration and is blocking traffic in a public street or highway is immune from civil liability for the injury.
(b)	A person shall not be immune from civil liability if the actions leading to the injury were willful or wanton.
(c)	Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the injured person participating in a protest or demonstration was doing so with a valid permit allowing persons to protest or demonstrate on the public street or highway where the injury occurred."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to injuries occurring on or after that date.