GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-189
HOUSE BILL 406

AN ACT TO ALLOW CITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADOPT ORDINANCES THAT IMPOSE A CURFEW ON PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 8 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 160A-198.  Curfews.
A city may by an appropriate ordinance impose a curfew on persons of any age less than 18."
Section 2.  Article 6 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 153A-142.  Curfews.
A county may by an appropriate ordinance impose a curfew on persons of any age less than 18."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of June, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 1:10 p.m. this 18th day of June, 1997