GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2006-160
HOUSE BILL 2880
AN ACT to prevent a person who is guilty of passing a stopped school bus from receiving a prayer for judgment continued.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-217(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall not receive a prayer for judgment continued under any circumstances."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective September 1, 2006, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of July, 2006.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 1:59 p.m. this 23rd day of July, 2006