A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make operation of medium‑speed vehicles on public streets or highways with posted speed limits less than thirty‑five miles per hour lawful.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑4.01(27) is amended by adding a new sub‑subdivision to read:
"i.	Medium‑speed vehicle. – A self‑propelled electrically powered four‑wheeled motor vehicle equipped with a roll bar or crush‑resistant body design, which can attain a speed of 30 miles per hour but less than 35 miles per hour in one mile."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑121.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑121.1.  Operation of a low‑speed  or medium‑speed vehicle on certain roadways.
The operation of a low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicle is authorized with the following restrictions:
(1)	A low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicle may be operated only on streets and highways where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This does not prohibit a low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicle from crossing a road or street at an intersection where the road or street being crossed has a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.
(2)	A low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicle shall be equipped with headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, parking brakes, rearview mirrors, windshields, windshield wipers, speedometer, seat belts, and a vehicle identification number.
(3)	A low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicle shall be registered and insured in accordance with G.S. 20‑50 and G.S. 20‑309.
(4)	The Department of Transportation may prohibit the operation of low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicles on any road or highway if it determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.
(5)	Low‑speed or medium‑speed vehicles must comply with the safety standards in 49 C.F.R. § 571.500."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.