GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 324

HOUSE BILL 1027

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY AND RAISE THE PUNISHMENT FOR THE MISDEMEANOR OF VEHICULAR HIT AND RUN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last sentence of G.S. 20-166(b) is rewritten to read:

"A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-166(c)(2) is rewritten to read:

"(2)      In injury or death to any person, but only if the operator of the vehicle did not know and did not have reason to know of the death or injury;".

Sec. 3.  The last sentence of G.S. 20-166(c) is rewritten to read:

"A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 4.  The last sentence of G.S. 20-166(c1) is rewritten to read:

"A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1985.