GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-10
SENATE BILL 845

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE STATE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL AND ACTIVITY BUSES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143-341(8)i. and G.S. 14-247, the Department of Administration may allow the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing Committee, Inc., to use State-owned trucks and vans for the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games in North Carolina.
The Department of Administration shall not charge any fees for the use of the vehicles for the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing Committee, Inc., shall submit to the Department of Administration, for its approval, a list of the purposes for which the vehicles may be used.  Vehicles may only be used for approved purposes.
The State shall incur no liability for any damages resulting from the use of vehicles under this provision.  The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing Committee, Inc., shall carry liability insurance of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) covering the use of the vehicles and shall be responsible for the full cost of repairs to these vehicles if they are damaged while used for the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
Section 2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Johnston County, Wake County, Orange County, and Durham County public school systems may permit, under terms and conditions set by the public school systems, the use and operation of public school buses and activity buses by the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing Committee, Inc., for the transportation of persons officially associated with the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games for the periods from May 28, 1998, through May 31, 1998, and from June 19, 1999, through July 10, 1999.
Section 3.  The authorizations contained in Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective only during the months of May, June, and July of 1998, and May, June, and July of 1999.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 3:15 p.m. this 17th day of June, 1998