GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 1493
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 6/28/90
Third Edition Engrossed 7/2/90

Short Title:  Blood/Alcohol Content Test Fee.	(Public)
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June 4, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPOSE A BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONTENT ANALYSIS FEE TO BE PAID BY CERTAIN PERSONS CONVICTED OF IMPAIRED DRIVING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-179 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( u)	Fee for Chemical Analysis.  The court shall require each defendant convicted of impaired driving under G.S. 20-138.1 or G.S. 20-138.2 to pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any chemical analysis which, pursuant to G.S. 20-16.2, was administered to the defendant in connection with the charge upon which his conviction was entered.  The fee shall be paid to the clerk of superior court of the county in which the defendant was convicted and remitted to the State for deposit in the General Fund to defray the cost of the equipment, maintenance, and personnel training necessary to perform the chemical analyses provided for in this Chapter."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1343(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(12)	Pay any other fee provided for by law for persons charged with or convicted of the offense of which the defendant was charged or convicted."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1990, and shall apply to all offenses committed on or after its effective date.