North Carolina SB 391: DOT Omnibus.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-47
SENATE BILL 391

*S391-v-8*
AN ACT TO REVISE LAWS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

REGULATION OF DRIVERS EDUCATION OFFERED BY COMMERCIAL DRIVER
TRAINING SCHOOLS
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-322 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-322. Licenses for schools necessary; regulations as to requirements.
(a) No commercial driver training school shall be established nor any such existing
school be continued on or after July 1, 1965, unless such school applies for and obtains from the
Commissioner a license in the manner and form prescribed by the Commissioner.
(b) Regulations adopted by the Commissioner shall state the requirements for a school
license, including requirements concerning location, equipment, courses of instruction,
instructors, financial statements, schedule of fees and charges, character and reputation of the
operators, insurance, bond or other security in such sum and with such provisions as the
Commissioner deems necessary to protect adequately the interests of the public, and such other
matters as the Commissioner may prescribe. A driver education course offered to prepare an
individual for a limited learner's permit or another provisional license must meet the requirements
set in G.S. 115C-215 for the program of driver education offered in the public schools.
(c) Regulations adopted by the Commissioner for the course of instruction to be offered
by commercial driver training schools to prepare an individual for a limited learner's permit or
another provisional license must include, but are not limited to, the curriculum requirements in
G.S. 115C-215(b).
(d) In addition to regulations adopted by the Commissioner under subsection (c) of this
section, commercial driver training schools providing courses to prepare an individual for a
limited learner's permit or another provisional license through the public schools must meet all
requirements set in G.S. 115C-215 for the program of driver education offered in the public
schools."

DEALER LICENSE RENEWAL FIX
SECTION 2. G.S. 20-288(b2) reads as rewritten:
"(b2) For a licensed dealer, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or
wholesaler applying for renewal, the death of a co-owner in the licensed business entity shall not
be considered a change of ownership for purposes of licensure, as long as the business entity has
no new co-owners or changes in structure of the business entity. The applicant a change in
ownership is not grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license, as long as any new
owner is otherwise qualified for licensure and approved by the Division. The licensee shall be
considered by the Division to be a continuing business for purposes of renewal and shall not be
required to apply for a license as a new business."

CHANGE CASH BALANCE REQUIREMENT TO CASH ON HAND

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SECTION 3. G.S. 143C-6-11 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143C-6-11. Highway appropriation.
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(f) Seven and One Half Percent (7.5%) Cash Balance Required. – The Department of
Transportation shall maintain an available cash balance at the end of each month to an amount
equal to at least seven and one half percent (7.5%) a minimum of 45 days of the total
appropriations for the current fiscal year from the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund.
In projecting cash balances in future years, the Department shall use the estimated cash flow as
specified in the Current Operations Appropriation Act. No further transportation project contract
commitment may be entered into that would cause the cash position to fall below this
requirement. In the event this cash position is not maintained, no further transportation project
contract commitments may be entered into until the cash balance has been regained. Provided
the Department may modify or supplement transportation contract commitments for existing
transportation projects that (i) result in a savings from the total estimated project cost of the
existing commitment, based on a cost-savings analysis, or (ii) relate to the needs of an existing
transportation project to continue. Any federal funds on hand shall not be considered as cash for
the purposes of this subsection.
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(k) The Department of Transportation shall do all of the following:
(1) Utilize cash flow financing to the extent possible to fund transportation
projects with the goal of reducing the combined average daily cash balance of
the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund to an amount equal to between
fifteen and twenty percent (15-20%) 75 and 120 days of the total
appropriations for the current fiscal year from those funds. In projecting cash
balances in future years, the Department shall use the estimated cash flow as
specified in the Current Operations Appropriation Act. Any federal funds on
hand shall not be considered as cash for the purposes of this subsection. The
target amount shall i