GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 763
HOUSE BILL 236

AN ACT TO CLARIFY MAGISTRATES' GUILTY PLEA JURISDICTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-273(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	In misdemeanor or infraction cases, other than traffic, hunting, fishing, boating, and alcohol offenses, in which the maximum punishment which can be adjudged cannot exceed imprisonment for 30 days, or a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) or a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), exclusive of costs, to accept guilty pleas or admissions of responsibility and enter judgment;".
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 1989.