GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 682
Senate Local Government & Regional Affairs Committee Substitute Adopted 6/19/91

Short Title:  Increase Local Ordinance Fines.	(Public)
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April 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES FROM FIFTY DOLLARS TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT ONLY IF THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES FOR THE HIGHER PENALTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-4 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 five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not more than 30 days.  No fine shall exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) unless the ordinance expressly states that the maximum fine is greater than fifty dollars ($50.00).
	(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 fifty dollars ($50.00)."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.  This act repeals all laws in conflict herewith.