GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-64
HOUSE BILL 1549

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FINE FOR DRIVING A VEHICLE ON THE BEACH IN CURRITUCK COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 153A-139.1(a), as enacted by Chapter 875 of the 1985 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-139.1.  Regulation of motor vehicles at beaches.
(a)	A county may by ordinance regulate, restrict, and prohibit the use of dune or beach buggies, jeeps, motorcycles, cars, trucks, or any other form of power-driven vehicle specified by the governing body of the county on the foreshore, beach strand, and the barrier dune system.  Violation of any ordinance adopted by the governing body pursuant to this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both in the discretion of the court."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1998, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of July, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives