GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 379

Short Title:  Higher Fines for Speeders.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Flaherty.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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March 28, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR HIGHER FINES FOR SPEEDERS DRIVING MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-141(j1) reads as rewritten:
"(j1)	It is a misdemeanor punishable as provided in G.S. 20-176 for a person to drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed that is more than 15 miles per hour more than the speed limit established by law for the highway where the offense occurred.  Any person convicted under this section may be imprisoned for not more than 60 days or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or both."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to all misdemeanor speeders arrested on or after that date.