GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 30

Short Title:  Speeding in a Work Zone.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Jordan.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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February 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR PENALTY FOR SPEEDING IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE IS IN ADDITION TO, AND NOT IN LIEU OF, ANY OTHER PENALTY FOR A SPEEDING OFFENSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-141(j2) reads as rewritten:
"(j2)	A person who drives a motor vehicle in a highway work zone at a speed greater than the speed limit set and posted under G.S. 20-141 is, in addition to any other offense committed within the highway work zone, responsible for an infraction of 'Speeding in a Highway Work Zone' and shall be required to pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in addition to any other penalty imposed.  The one hundred dollars ($100.00) is a penalty that is to be added as a surcharge to, and not substituted for, the penalty for exceeding the posted speed limit.   A 'highway work zone' is the area between the first sign that informs motorists of the existence of a work zone on a highway and the last sign that informs motorists of the end of the work zone. This subsection applies only if a sign posted at the beginning of the highway work zone states the penalty for speeding in the work zone."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997.