GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2021

 

SESSION LAW 2021-97

HOUSE BILL 23

 

 

AN ACT to allow the townS of BANNER ELK AND spencer to regulate UTILITY vehicles.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2003‑124, as amended by S.L. 2004‑58, S.L. 2007‑204, S.L. 2007‑259, S.L. 2009‑459, S.L. 2011‑171, and S.L. 2013‑172, reads as rewritten:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20‑50 and G.S. 20‑54, the Towns of Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Cramerton, North Topsail Beach, and Seven Devils, and Spencer, and the Cities of Conover and Lowell may, by ordinance, regulate the operation of utility vehicles on any public street or road within the City or Town. By ordinance, the City or Town may require the registration of utility vehicles, specify the persons authorized to operate utility vehicles, and specify required equipment, load limits, and the hours and methods of operation of the utility vehicles.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of July, 2021.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Deanna Ballard

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives