S145 - DOT/DMV Legislative Requests. (SL 2018-74)

Overview: S.L. 2018-74 makes various changes to transportation laws, and includes:

• Amendments to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT or Department) property acquisition and right-of-way claim report laws with related changes to the North Carolina Appraisers Act.
• Revisions to various NCDOT reporting requirements (Sections 2 through 4, and 6).
• Repeal of NCDOT's annual construction program.
• Elimination of the mailing requirement for rules and regulations related to motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.
• Authorization for the Division of Motor Vehicles to waive the commercial drivers license knowledge and skills test for certain trained and experienced military drivers.
• Authorization for the Division of Motor Vehicles to share confidential driver medical records with other state and federal agencies for limited purposes.
• Registration plate clarifications, fee increases, and plate authorizations. (Sections 11 through 14, and 16).
• Exemption of firefighting or emergency equipment operators from the CDL requirement.
• Repeal of the unmarked police vehicle signage law.
• Clarifications to manufactured home security interest and improvement permit laws.
• Clarification to weigh in motion requirements related to ready-mixed concrete trucks.

Section 2 of the act, amending DOT Report Program Requirements, became effective June 15, 2018, however, the reports must be provided to the General Assembly until the performance dashboard is updated with the information. Section 9, authorizing a CDL exemption for certain military drivers, becomes effective October 1, 2018. Sections 11 and 12, authorizing new special registration plates, becomes effective February 1, 2019. The remainder of the act became effective July 1, 2018.