GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 446
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