GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 468
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/97

Short Title:  N.C. DA's M.V. Recommendations/AB.	(Public)

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March 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WITH RESPECT TO INCREASING THE PUNISHMENT FOR MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY VEHICLE FROM A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR TO A CLASS A1 MISDEMEANOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-141.4(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Punishments. – Felony death by vehicle is a Class G felony.  Misdemeanor death by vehicle is a Class A1 misdemeanor."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed and sentencing for offenses committed on or after that date.