GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 951
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/19/90

Short Title:  Magistrate Accept Pleas/Littering.	(Public)
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April 19, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CONFORM THE GUILTY PLEA JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES AND CLERKS WITH THE 1989 AMENDMENTS TO G.S. 14-399.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-273(9) reads as rewritten:
"(9)	Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this section, to accept written appearances, waivers of trial and pleas of guilty in violations of G.S. 14-399(c) and enter judgments in those cases as the chief district court judge directs.  No violation of G.S. 14-399 may be disposed of pursuant to this subdivision unless the criminal pleading specifically charges a violation of subsection (c) of G.S. 14-399."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-180 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(9)	Has the power to accept written appearances, waivers of trial and pleas of guilty to violations of G.S. 14-399(c), and, in such cases, to enter judgments as the chief district court judge shall direct.  No violation of G.S. 14-399 may be disposed of pursuant to this subdivision unless the criminal pleading specifically charges a violation of subsection (c) of G.S. 14-399."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.