North Carolina HB 1105: North Carolina Transportation Safety Act.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1105

Short Title: North Carolina Transportation Safety Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Logan, Crawford, Morey, and Quick (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 30, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE STATE TROOPERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, TO 2
INCREASE MAGISTRATES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, TO REVISE CERTAIN 3
PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS AND AUTHORIZE THE 4
USE OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF 5
RESPONSIBILITY, TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF HIGHWAY CAMERA VIDEO 6
RECORDS STORED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF 7
TRANSPORTATION WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, TO EXPAND THE 8
OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF 9
TRANSPORTATION METROLINA TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER IN 10
CHARLOTTE, TO INCREASE THE MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF 11
THE MOVE OVER LAW, TO ADD A MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF 12
THE STREET TAKEOVER LAW, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF DEATH OR 13
SERIOUS INJURY BY RECKLESS BOATING, AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTY 14
FOR ASSAULT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATORS. 15
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 16
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INCREASE TROOPERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY 18
SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 19
Patrol the sum of nine hundred ninety-nine thousand four hundred dollars ($999,400) in recurring 20
funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to fund 12 full-time State Trooper 21
positions. 22
SECTION 1.(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 143B-1724 and any rules and regulations 23
created pursuant to that statute, the State Trooper positions funded in this act shall result in an 24
increase of at least 12 State Troopers assigned to State Highway Patrol District H5 of Troop H. 25
SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2026. 26
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INCREASE MAGISTRATES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY 28
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 7A-133(c) reads as rewritten: 29
"(c) Each county shall have the numbers of magistrates and additional seats of district 30
court, as set forth in the following table: 31
Magistrates Additional 32
County Min. Seats of Court 33
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Mecklenburg 38.543.5 35

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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SECTION 2.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative 2
Office of the Courts the sum of four hundred two thousand seventy dollars ($402,070) in 3
recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to hire five additional 4
magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. There is 5
appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of fifteen 6
thousand one hundred forty dollars ($15,140) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year 7
to be used to hire five additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to 8
subsection (a) of this section. 9
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2026. 10
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INCREASE OF FINES FOR FAILURE TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS AND 12
EXPANSION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE IN THOSE 13
CASES 14
SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 20-217 reads as rewritten: 15
"§ 20-217. Motor vehicles to stop for properly marked and designated school buses in 16
certain instances; evidence of identity of driver. 17
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(e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, any person violating this section 19
shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall pay a minimum fine of five hundred dollars 20
($500.00). one thousand dollars ($1,000). A person who violates subsection (a) of this section 21
shall not receive a prayer for judgment continued under any circumstances. 22
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(g) Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) of this section and strikes any person 24
shall be guilty of a Class I felony and shall pay a minimum fine of one thousand two hundred 25
fifty dollars ($1,250). four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500). Any person who willfully 26
violates subsection (a) of this section and strikes any person, resulting in the death of that person, 27
shall be guilty of a Class H felony and shall pay a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred 28
dollars ($2,500).seven thousand dollars ($7,000). 29
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(i) Whenever evidence is presented in any court or administrative hearing of the fact that 31
a vehicle was operated in violation of this section, it shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle 32
was operated by the person in whose name the vehicle was registered at the time of the violation 33
according to the Division's records. If the vehicle is rented, then proof of that rental shall be prima 34
facie evidence that the vehicle was operated by the renter of the vehicle at the time of the 35
violation." 36
SECTION 3.(b) This section becomes