GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 1041
SENATE BILL 951

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of July, 1990.