GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 623

SENATE BILL 96

 

AN ACT TO MAKE THE EVIDENCE OF THE USAGE OF SEAT BELTS INADMISSIBLE IN CRIMINAL OR CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 20-135.2A(d) is rewritten to read:

"(d)      Evidence of failure to wear a seat belt shall not be admissible in any criminal or civil trial, action, or proceeding except in an action based on a violation of this section."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 1987.