GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-528

HOUSE BILL 889

AN ACT to increase the penalty for misdemeanor death by motor vehicle from a class 1 misdemeanor to a class A1 misdemeanor.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-141.4(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Punishments. - Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, the following classifications apply to the offenses set forth in this section:

(1)        Aggravated felony death by vehicle is a Class D felony.

(2)        Felony death by vehicle is a Class E felony.

(3)        Aggravated felony serious injury by vehicle is a Class E felony.

(4)        Felony serious injury by vehicle is a Class F felony.

(5)        Misdemeanor death by vehicle is a Class 1 A1 misdemeanor."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11^th day of August, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 9:25 a.m. this 27^th day of August, 2009