North Carolina transportation laws

What it would do: Creates a Towing and Recovery Commission within the State Highway Patrol to resolve fee disputes, requires towing operators to obtain permits from the Division of Motor Vehicles, and grants towing services liens on towed vehicles and their contents with exceptions for personal items.

What it would do: Prohibits immobilizing commercial motor vehicles using boots or similar devices, making such use a misdemeanor. Requires towers conducting nonconsensual or government-initiated tows to promptly return commercial cargo to its owner and allow trailer exchanges in equal or better condition.

What it would do: Establishes a grant program at the Department of Commerce providing up to $4,000 per trainee to qualifying CDL training providers for Hurricane Helene-affected Western North Carolina residents, plus up to $1,500 per trainee for accommodations, with $2,500,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2025-2026.

What it would do: Establishes special funds for rail development ($50 million), airport development ($100 million), and a Port of Morehead City roll-on-roll-off facility ($30 million), with criteria for competitive allocation based on projected economic impact.

What it would do: Repeals a 2013 law change and requires the Commission for Public Health to readopt a rule regulating leaking solid waste transport vehicles that existed before August 22, 2013, effective immediately upon enactment.

What it would do: Transfers $16,392,176 from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve to the Department of Transportation's Rail Division for grants to repair short-line railroads damaged by Hurricane Helene: $14,000,000 to Blue Ridge Southern Railroad and $2,392,176 to Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.