AN ACT to include a violation of G.S. 20‑123.2 as a lesser included offense in a speeding violation.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑141 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(o)	A violation of G.S. 20-123.2 shall be a lesser included offense in any violation of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of May, 2003.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 11:20 a.m. this 31st day of May, 2003