NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1203

SENATE BILL 1083

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-124 TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF HOUSE TRAILERS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM REQUIRED BY LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Subsection (f) of G.S. 20-124 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph thereto to read as follows:

"It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged in the business of selling house trailers at wholesale or retail to sell or offer for sale any house trailer which is not equipped with the brakes required by this subsection.

This subsection shall not apply to house trailers being used as dwellings, or to house trailers not intended to be used or towed on public highways and roads. This subsection shall not apply to house trailers with a manufacturer's certificate of origin dated prior to December 31, 1974."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of April, 1974.