A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to Strictly enforce the sentencing laws for driving while impaired offenses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑179(p) reads as rewritten:
"(p)	Limit on Amelioration of Punishment. – For active terms of imprisonment imposed under this section:
(1)	The judge may not give credit to the defendant for the first 24 hours of time spent in incarceration pending trial.
(2)	The defendant shall serve the full period of imprisonment imposed by the judge and good or gain time credit may not be used to reduce that period.
(3)	The defendant may not be released on parole.
With respect to the minimum or specific term of imprisonment imposed as a condition of special probation under this section, the judge may not give credit to the defendant for the first 24 hours of time spent in incarceration pending trial."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.