NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 537

SENATE BILL 225

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-183 RELATING TO DUTIES AND POWERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHILE ENFORCING THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-183 as the same appears in the Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes is hereby amended by designating the present provisions of that Section as subsection "(a)" and by adding a new subsection to be designated "(b)" and to read as follows:

"(b)      In addition to other duties and powers heretofore existing, any member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and any other law enforcement officer, while patrolling the streets and highways and enforcing the Motor Vehicle Laws, may in his discretion issue a written warning ticket to any motorist who commits a minor Motor Vehicle Law violation. Each warning ticket issued shall be pre-numbered and shall contain information necessary to identify the offender, and shall be signed by the issuing officer. A copy of each warning ticket issued shall be delivered to such offender and a copy thereof forwarded by the issuing officer forthwith to the Driver License Division of the Department of Motor Vehicles but shall not be filed with or in any manner become a part of the offender's driving record. Warning tickets issued as well as the fact of issuance shall be privileged information and available only to authorized personnel of the department for statistical and analytical purposes."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective October 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1965.