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