GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 446

HOUSE BILL 682

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES FROM FIFTY DOLLARS TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT ONLY IF THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES FOR THE HIGHER PENALTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-4 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14-4. Violation of local ordinances misdemeanor.

(a)       Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, or town, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not more than 30 days.  No fine shall exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) unless the ordinance expressly states that the maximum fine is greater than fifty dollars ($50.00).

(b)       If any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, or  town regulating the operation or parking of vehicles, he shall be responsible for an infraction and shall be required to pay a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00)."

Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.  This act repeals all laws in conflict herewith.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives