GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 531
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/8/89
Judiciary I Senate Committee Substitute Adopted 6/23/89
Judiciary I Senate Committee Substitute #2 Adopted 6/29/89

Short Title:  No School Profanity.	(Public)
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March 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF PROFANE LANGUAGE ON SCHOOL PREMISES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 14-197 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-197. Using profane or indecent language on public highways or school premises; counties exempt.
If any person shall, on any public road or highway or on the premises of an elementary or secondary school and in the hearing of two or more persons, in a loud and boisterous manner, use indecent or profane language, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding 30 days. The following counties shall be exempt from the provisions of this section: Pitt and Swain.”
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.