GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 26

Short Title:  Compensation for DWI victims.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Odom; Ballance, Barker, Block, Bryan, Cobb, Daniel, Ezzell, Guy, Harris, Hunt of Moore, Johnson of Cabarrus, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Murphy, Plyler, Rauch, Richardson, Royall, Sands, Sherron, Smith, Soles, Taft, Walker, Ward, and Winner.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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January 18, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION ACT TO INCLUDE VICTIMS INJURED BY DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED OFFENDERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15B-2(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	‘Criminally injurious conduct' means conduct that occurs or is attempted in this State which by its nature poses a substantial threat of personal injury or death, and is punishable by fine or imprisonment or death, or would be so punishable but for the fact that the person engaging in the conduct lacked the capacity to commit the crime under the laws of this State. Criminally injurious conduct includes conduct involving the impaired driving offenses but does not include conduct arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle when the conduct is punishable only as a violation of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.