A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars to the state highway patrol DIVISION of the department of crime control and PUBLIC safety to be used for the education of teenagers about the risks and penalties of texting while driving.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the State Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be used by the State Highway Patrol to educate students under the age of 19 about the risks and penalties of texting while driving.  These funds may also be used to support directed enforcement activities at and around public and private schools after a showing that texting or other distractions have been a factor in a crash involving a minor child.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.