NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 567

HOUSE BILL 297

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES RESEMBLING LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Part 9 of General Statutes Chapter 20 is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 20-137.2.  Operation of vehicles resembling law enforcement vehicles unlawful; punishment. — (a) It is unlawful for any person other than a law enforcement officer of the State or of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, with the intent to impersonate a law enforcement officer, to operate any vehicle, which by its coloration, insignia, lettering, and blue or red light resembles a vehicle owned, possessed, or operated by any law enforcement agency.

(b)        Violation of subsection (a) of this section is a misdemeanor punishable under G.S. 14-3."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of May, 1979.