Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Effective August 1, 2011, amends GS 20-7(s) to clarify that when a person in the United States for a limited time is issued a driver’s license of limited duration, such license must bear a distinguishing mark or other designation on the face of the license clearly denoting the limited duration of the license.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-51(6) to add livestock, live poultry, animal waste, herbicides, fungicides, and seeds to the list of items that, when transported by farmers under certain circumstances, exempt the trailer or semitrailer on which they are transported from requirements of registration and certificate of title.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-51(17) to exempt a header trailer when transported to or from a dealer, or after a sale or repairs, to the farm or another dealership, from the registration and certificate of title requirements.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new subsection GS 20-88(m) to provide that any vehicle weighing more than the limits in GS 20-118(b), as authorized by certain exceptions set out in GS 20-118(c), must be registered for the maximum weight allowed for that vehicle’s axle configuration, or be subject to the penalties set out in GS 20-118(e). Makes conforming changes throughout GS 20-118.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-118(c) to include within the exceptions to the maximum weight allowed on light-traffic roads live poultry transported from a farm to a processing plant or market (was, first market); and water, fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides, seeds, fuel, and animal waste transported to or from a farm by a farm vehicle. Makes other clarifying changes.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-118(c)(17) to specify that GS 20-118(b) and GS 20-118(e) do not apply to a vehicle that meets certain specified requirements.
Effective December 1, 2011, amends GS 20-127 to (1) specify that a window of a vehicle that is operated on a public street or highway and which is subject to the provisions of Part 393 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations must comply with the window tinting restrictions and (2) delete certain exceptions to the window tinting restrictions.
Effective December 1, 2011, adds new GS 20-137.4A(a1) to provide that it is unlawful for any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle subject to Parts 390 or 392 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations on a public street or highway or public vehicular area while using a mobile telephone or other electronic device in violation of those Parts. Specifies that the use of hands-free technology is not prohibited.
Amends GS 20-166.1(i) to specify that the report of an accident is a public record within the meaning of GS 132-1, but may not be released to any person making a request unless and until personal identifying information has been redacted from the report in compliance with federal law. Directs the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide a certified copy of an accident report to any person entitled to a copy and who pays the required fee.
Amends GS 20-383 to also allow designated personnel of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to enforce the provisions of Article 17 of GS Chapter 20 and the provisions of GS Chapter 62 that are applicable to motor transportation.
Amends GS 136-89.213 to direct the Turnpike Authority to maintain the confidentiality of all information relating to electronic toll collection. Authorizes the account holder to examine his own account information. Also authorizes the Turnpike Authority to use the account information for purposes of collecting and enforcing tolls. Also authorizes a party, by authority of a proper court order, to inspect and examine confidential account information.
Amends GS 20-118(c), as amended by Section 1 of SL 2011-71, to provide that GS 20-118(b) and GS 20-118(e) do not apply to a vehicle or vehicle combination that meets certain specified requirements.
Provides that, notwithstanding 19A NCAC 02D.0607(e)(3), the Department of Transportation may permit sealed ship containers as non-divisible loads as allowed by Federal Highway Administration policy. Specifies that all Department of Transportation permitting rules that apply to other non-divisible loads apply to sealed ship containers.
Directs the Department of Transportation to initiate the process to conform the North Carolina Administrative Code to this act.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of US Highway 70 that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of US Highway 70 which are currently accessible from US Highway 70.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of US Highway 64 that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of US Highway 64.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from expending any funds to erect, construct, build, or otherwise place a median, barrier, or other construct on a specified portion of Falls of Neuse Road that in any way limits, reduces, blocks, or by any other means reduces the current level of ingress and egress to businesses located on that portion of Falls of Neuse Road.
Makes conforming changes to title. Makes other conforming changes.