GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 931

Short Title:  Optional Flag and Light Colors for Trucks.     	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Dalton.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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April 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR OPTIONS IN FLAG AND LIGHT COLORS FOR EXTENDED TRUCK LOADS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-117 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-117. Flag or light at end of load.
Whenever the load on any vehicle shall extend more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or body thereof, there shall be displayed at the end of such load, in such position as to be clearly visible at all times from the rear of such load, a red or orange flag not less than 12 inches both in length and width, except that from sunset to sunrise there shall be displayed at the end of any such load a red or amber light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions at least 200 feet from the rear of such vehicle."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1997, and applies to acts occurring on or after that date.