GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 869

Short Title:  Speed to Elude Arrest.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Davis; Aldridge, Arnold, Baker, Barbee, Beall, Berry, Bonner, Bowie, Brawley, Brown, Buchanan, Cansler, Capps, Carpenter, Creech, Culp, Daughtry, Decker, Dedmon, Eddins, Fox, Gardner, Goodwin, Grady, Gulley, Hall, Hardy, Howard, Ives, Justus, Kinney, Kiser, McMahan, Miner, Moore, Morris, Preston, Rayfield, Reynolds, Russell, Sexton, Starnes, Tallent, Tolson, Wainwright, Warwick, Watson, Wilkins, C. Wilson, and G. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR SPEEDING TO ELUDE ARREST AND TO PROVIDE THAT THERE IS A PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON IS ELUDING ARREST IF THE PERSON CONTINUES THE SPEEDING VIOLATION FOR A DISTANCE THAT IS A QUARTER OF A MILE OR MORE. 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-141(j) reads as rewritten:
"(j)	A person who does one of the following while fleeing or attempting to elude arrest or apprehension by a law enforcement officer with authority to enforce the motor vehicle laws is guilty of a Class H felony, and at a minimum shall be punished by a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500.00):
(1)	Drives a vehicle on a street or highway in excess of 55 miles per hour and more than 15 miles per hour over the legal limit.
(2)	Drives a vehicle in excess of 80 miles per hour.
It shall be prima facie evidence that a person is fleeing or attempting to elude arrest or apprehension by a law enforcement officer with authority to enforce the motor vehicle laws if the person violates subdivision (1)	or (2) of this subsection for a distance that is a quarter of a mile or more."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.