GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 970

Short Title:  Infraction/Local Ordinance.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Reeves.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT THE PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF A LOCAL ORDINANCE MAY BE AN INFRACTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-4.  Violation of local ordinances.
(a)	Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person shall violate an ordinance of a county, city, town, or metropolitan sewerage district created under Article 5 of Chapter 162A, the person shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor or responsible for an infraction if expressly designated as such in the ordinance.  The fine for a violation of an ordinance that is a misdemeanor shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) and no such fine shall exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) unless the ordinance expressly states that the maximum fine is greater than fifty dollars ($50.00). The penalty for a violation of an ordinance that is an infraction shall not exceed 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, the person shall be responsible for an infraction and shall be required to pay a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00)."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.