NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 999

SENATE BILL 493

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-183(b) 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.  Subsection (b) of G.S. 20-183, as the same appears in Senate Bill No. 225 ratified on the 14th day of May, 1965, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"In addition to other duties and powers heretofore existing, all law enforcement officers charged with the duty of enforcing the Motor Vehicle Laws are authorized to issue warning tickets to motorists for conduct constituting a potential hazard to the motoring public which does not amount to a definite, clear-cut, substantial violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after October 1, 1965.

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