North Carolina § 14-247 - Private use of publicly owned vehicle.

§ 14-247. Private use of publicly owned vehicle.

It shall be unlawful for any officer, agent or employee of the State of North Carolina, or of any county or of any institution or agency of the State, to use for any private purpose whatsoever any motor vehicle of any type or description whatsoever belonging to the State, or to any county, or to any institution or agency of the State. It is not a private purpose to drive a permanently assigned state-owned motor vehicle between one's official work station and one's home as provided in G.S. 143-341(8)i7a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, county employees may carpool with each other in county vehicles as lawfully permitted by the county. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate a rule or regulation adopted by the Department of Administration and approved by the Governor concerning the control of all state-owned passenger motor vehicles as provided in G.S. 143-341(8) i with the intent to defraud the State of North Carolina. History (1925, c. 239, s. 1; 1981, c. 859, ss. 52, 53; 1983, c. 717, s. 75.) Local Modification. - Mecklenburg: 1971, c. 302; 2007-136, s. 1; city of Charlotte: 1971, c. 220; town of Matthews: 1995, c. 176, s. 1. Cross References. - As to the use of State vehicles by North Carolina Amateur Sports and Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing Committee, see G.S. 143-299.3 .