NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 745

SENATE BILL 612

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1953, CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 9A, ARTICLE 10, AND ARTICLE 11 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA TO INCREASE THE PRESENT REQUIRED MINIMUM LIMITS OF PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-279.1, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out of lines 4 and 5 of subdivision (11), the words and amount "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)", and by striking out of line seven of subdivision (11) the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-279.5, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes on page 268 of the same, is hereby amended by striking out of line 19 of the first unnumbered paragraph following subparagraph (5) of subsection (c) thereof the words and amount "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)", and by striking out of line 21 of the first unnumbered paragraph following subparagraph numbered (5) of said subsection (c) the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-279.15, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes on page 270 thereof, is hereby amended by striking out the words and amount "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" appearing in the first line of subdivision (1) thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)," and by striking out the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" appearing in the second and third lines of subdivision (2) thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-279.21, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes on page 271 thereof, is hereby amended by striking out of lines eight and nine of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) thereof the words and amount "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)" and by striking out of line 11 of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) thereof the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" and substituting in lieu thereof "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 20-279.25, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes at page 282 thereof, is hereby amended by striking out the words and amount "twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)" where such words and amounts appear in lines three, four, five and six of subsection (a) thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof on said lines the words and amount "forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000)".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 20-280, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes on page 286 thereof, is hereby amended by striking out the words and amount "Ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" in line 10 of subsection (b) thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)", and by striking out the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" in line 12 of subsection (b) thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 20-281, as the same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the North Carolina General Statutes, is hereby amended by striking out the words and amount "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)" in lines 14 and 15 thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)" and by striking out the words and amount "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" in line 16 thereof and by substituting in lieu thereof the words and amount "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)".

Sec. 8.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1974, and where the manner of giving proof of financial responsibility is by automobile liability policy, the same shall apply only to policies written or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.