NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 401

HOUSE BILL 71

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-216 CONCERNING PASSING OF HORSES AND OTHER DRAFT ANIMALS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-216, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"20-216.  Passing horses or other draft animals. Any person operating a motor vehicle shall use reasonable care when approaching or passing a horse or other draft animal whether ridden or otherwise under control.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1969.