GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 438
     

 
Short Title:	No DWI on School Grounds.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Garrou, Horton;  Carter, Dalton, and Hagan.	
Referred to:	Judiciary I.	
March 13, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to protect school grounds from impaired drivers.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑138.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Offense. – A person commits the offense of impaired driving if he drives any vehicle upon any highway, any street, any school grounds, or any public vehicular area within this State:
(1)	While under the influence of an impairing substance; or
(2)	After having consumed sufficient alcohol that he has, at any relevant time after the driving, an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑4.01 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(39a)	School Grounds. – All of any tract, parcel, or lot, any part of which is used by any public, private, or parochial school, college, university, or other educational institution for educational purposes."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.