Bill Text: NC H113 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motorcycle Safety Act

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-5)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Ch. SL 2011-361 [H113 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H113-Introduced.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

H                                                                                                                                                   D

HOUSE DRH30006-MA-35  (12/7)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Motorcycle Safety Act.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Killian.
Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to create additional protections for motorcyclists from unsafe movements by other vehicles.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑154 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(a1)     A violation of subsection (a) of this section that causes a motorcycle operator to change travel lanes or leave that portion of any public street or highway designated as travel lanes shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall require payment of a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00). A violation of subsection (a) of this section that results in a crash causing property damage or personal injury to a motorcycle operator or passenger shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall require payment of a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00)."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.