NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 722

SENATE BILL 591

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE UTILITIES COMMISSION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF OPERATION OF INTERSTATE COMMON CARRIER MOTOR VEHICLES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Section at the end of Article 12 of said Chapter to read as follows:

"G.S. 62-281.  Safety Regulations Applicable to Interstate Common Carrier Vehicles. The Utilities Commission is hereby authorized to promulgate highway safety rules and regulations for common carrier motor vehicles engaged in interstate commerce over the highways of North Carolina."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after September 15, 1969.

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