GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 763
AN ACT TO CLARIFY MAGISTRATES' GUILTY PLEA JURISDICTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-273(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1) In misdemeanor or
infraction cases, other than traffic traffic, hunting, fishing,
boating, and alcohol offenses, in which the maximum punishment which can be
adjudged cannot exceed imprisonment for 30 days, or a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00),
($50.00) or a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), exclusive
of costs, to accept guilty pleas or admissions of responsibility and
enter judgment;".
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 1989.