GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 214
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/3/94

Short Title:  DWI-2nd Offenders.	(Public)
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY WHETHER PERSONS CONVICTED OF SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES OF IMPAIRED DRIVING SHOULD BE ORDERED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT WITHOUT FIRST REQUIRING ANY ASSESSMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to study whether persons convicted of second or subsequent offenses of impaired driving should automatically be ordered by the court to participate in a treatment program without first requiring the offender to obtain a substance abuse assessment.  The Commission may direct one of its study committees to consider these issues as a part of their study.  The Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1995 General Assembly.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.