NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 513

SENATE BILL 25

 

 

AN ACT TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AIRPLANES BY THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  The State Highway Patrol is hereby permitted the use of airplanes to discover violations of Part 10 of Article 3 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to operation of motor vehicles and rules of the road; provided, however, neither the observer nor the pilot shall be competent to testify in any court of law in a criminal action charging violations of General Statutes 20-141, 20-141.1, and 20-144. It is hereby declared the public policy of North Carolina that the airplanes should be used primarily for accident prevention and should also be used incident to the issuance of warning citations in accordance with the provisions of General Statute 20-183.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1967.