NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION
CHAPTER 787
HOUSE BILL 1455
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 456 OF THE 1979 SESSION LAWS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of G.S. 15A-1352 as enacted by Chapter 456 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended by inserting in the first sentence immediately following the words "misdemeanor under this Article" the following: "or for nonpayment of a fine under Article 84 of this Chapter".
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of G.S. 15A-1352 as enacted by Chapter 456 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the subsection the following:
"; except that, upon request of the sheriff or the board of commissioners of a county, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, sentence the person to a local confinement facility in that county".
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1979.