GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 411

SENATE BILL 378

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING OR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT DRUG TRAFFICKING MAY NOT AVOID THE FINES IMPOSED FOR THESE OFFENSES BY SERVING AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY DAYS IN PRISON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1365 is amended by rewriting the last sentence of that section to read:

"The clerk may not issue an execution, however, if the fine or costs were imposed for an offense other than trafficking in controlled substances or conspiring to traffic in controlled substances under G.S. 90-95(h) and (i), respectively, and the defendant elects to serve the suspended sentence, if any, or serve a term of 30 days, if no suspended sentence was imposed."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1985.