GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 296

Short Title:  Ordinance Penalty Upped.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Sands.
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Referred to:  Local Government.
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February 27, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RAISE THE FINE OR MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF A CITY ORDINANCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-4. Violation of local ordinances misdemeanor.
(a)	Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, or town, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned for not more than 30 days.
(b)	If any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, or town regulating the operation or parking of vehicles, he shall be responsible for an infraction and shall be required to pay a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to violations committed on or after October 1, 1989.