NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 382

SENATE BILL 240

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-190 AS IT RELATES TO CONTRACTS FOR TRANSPORTATION ENTERED INTO BY COUNTY AND CITY BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN LIEU OF THE OPERATION BY COUNTY AND CITY BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115-190 is amended by rewriting the second sentence thereof as follows:

"Any vehicle used by such person, firm or corporation for the transportation of such pupils shall be constructed and equipped as provided in rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the driver of such vehicle shall possess all of the qualifications prescribed by rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. Provided, that where a contract for transportation of pupils is entered into between a county and city board of education and any person, firm or corporation, which contemplates the use of an automobile or vehicle other than a bus, for the transportation of 16 pupils or less, the automobile or vehicle shall not be required to be constructed and equipped as provided for in G.S. 115‑181(d), but shall be constructed and equipped pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1975.