§ 62-289.1 – Short title.

62-289.1. Short title. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "North Carolina Act to Remove Barriers to Coordinating Human Service and Volunteer Transportation". (1981, c. 792, s. 1.)

§ 62-289.2 – Purpose.

62-289.2. Purpose. In order to promote improved transportation for the elderly, handicapped and residents of rural areas and small towns through an expanded and coordinated transportation network, it is the intent of the General Assembly to recognize human service transportation and volunteer transportation as separate but contributing components of the North Carolina transportation system. Further, […]

§ 62-289.3 – Definitions.

62-289.3. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Human service agency. – Any charitable or governmental agency including, but not limited to: county departments of social services, area mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse authorities, local health departments, councils on aging, community action agencies, sheltered workshops, group homes, and State residential institutions. […]

§ 62-289.4 – Classification of transportation.

62-289.4. Classification of transportation. The forms of transportation defined in G.S. 62-289.3(2) and (5) shall be classified as "human service transportation" and "volunteer transportation" for purposes of regulation, insurance, and general administration. (1981, c. 792, s. 1.)

§ 62-289.5 – Inapplicable laws and regulations.

62-289.5. Inapplicable laws and regulations. Human services transportation and volunteer transportation shall not be considered as for-hire transportation, commercial transportation or motor carriers, as defined by G.S. 62-3(17). Such transportation shall not be subject to regulation as motor carriers under G.S. 62-261. (1981, c. 792, s. 1.)

§ 62-289.6 – Insurance for volunteers.

62-289.6. Insurance for volunteers. Human service agencies are authorized to purchase insurance to cover persons who provide volunteer transportation. (1981, c. 792, s. 1.)

§ 62-289.7 – Municipal licenses and taxes.

62-289.7. Municipal licenses and taxes. No county, city, town, municipal corporation or other unit of local government may impose a special tax on or require a special license for human service transportation or volunteer transportation other than that customarily used or imposed on private passenger automobiles unless the tax or license is provided for by […]