GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 34*
Committee Substitute Favorable 2/10/94
Senate Select Committee on Courts Committee Substitute Adopted 2/16/94

Short Title:  Seat Belt Enforced as Other Laws.	(Public)
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 8, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW EVIDENCE OF A LACK OF SEAT BELT USE TO BE ADMITTED IN A CRIMINAL OR CIVIL PROCEEDING TO ESTABLISH A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STOP OF A VEHICLE, THE SAME AS IN ALL OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE LAW VIOLATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-135.2A(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Evidence of failure to wear a seat belt shall not be admissible in any criminal or civil trial, action, or proceeding except in an action based on a violation of this section or as justification for the stop of a vehicle or detention of a vehicle operator and passengers."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to any trial, action, or proceeding commenced on or after the effective date of this act.