NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 298

SENATE BILL 118

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO RED LIGHTS AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by rewriting G.S. 20‑158(b)(2) to read as follows:

"(2)      Vehicles facing a red light from a steady or strobe beam stop light shall not enter the intersection while the steady or strobe beam stop light is emitting a red light; provided that, except where prohibited by an appropriate sign, vehicular traffic facing a red light, after coming to a complete stop at the intersection, may enter the intersection to make a right turn but such vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and to other traffic using the intersection. When the stop light is emitting a steady yellow light, vehicles facing the yellow light are warned that a red light will be immediately forthcoming. When the stop light is emitting a steady green light, vehicles may proceed with due care through the intersection subject to the rights of pedestrians and other vehicles as may otherwise be provided by law."

Sec. 2.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is further amended by deleting the words "Board of Transportation" wherever they appear in G.S. 20-169 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Department of Transportation".

Sec. 3.  Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the words "member of the Department of Transportation" wherever they appear in G.S. 136-13, G.S. 136‑13.1, and G.S. 136-14, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "member of the Board of Transportation".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 136-13(a) is hereby amended by striking from line 5, the first four words and punctuation which reads "any officer, employee, or" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "any officer or employee of the Department of Transportation or any".

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1979.