A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make all checking stations unlawful unless they are established to capture a particular named offender in a manhunt.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑16.3A reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑16.3A.  Checking stations and roadblocks unlawful.
								
It shall be unlawful for any law enforcement agency or officer to conduct a checking station or roadblock unless the establishment of a checking station or roadblock is to cordon off an area to locate an offender specifically named in an arrest warrant. Any other person passing through the checking station or roadblock shall not be subject to arrest for any reason except when:
(1)	The person has an outstanding warrant for arrest.
(2)	The person has committed an implied consent offense and has been warned by a law enforcement officer at a checking station or roadblock not to proceed and the person continues through the checking station in contradiction to the warning."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.