A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to double the penalties for motor vehicle offenders.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑176(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided by law, a person found responsible for an infraction contained in this Article may be ordered to pay a penalty of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.