GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 528

HOUSE BILL 711

 

AN ACT TO SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE MONEY USED IN DRUG DEALING AS PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-112(a)(2) is rewritten to read:

"(2)      All money, raw material, products, and equipment of any kind which are acquired, used, or intended for use, in selling, purchasing, manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing, or exporting a controlled substance in violation of the provisions of this Article;".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-112 is amended by adding a new subsection (d1) to read:

"(d1)    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d), the law enforcement agency having custody of money that is forfeited pursuant to this section shall pay it to the treasurer or proper officer authorized to receive fines and forfeitures to be used for the school fund of the county in which the money was seized."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-112(f) is amended by substituting the words "other property" for the word "conveyances" on the first line.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1983.