NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 655

SENATE BILL 451

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 218 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1947 RELATING TO VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN OF HAMLET TRAFFIC BUREAU.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 218 of the Session Laws of 1947 is hereby amended by adding thereto following the words "Obstructing traffic." in line 20 thereof the following:

"Violating speed limits.

"Disregarding traffic control lights."

Sec. 2. Section 2 of Chapter 218 of the Session Laws of 1947 is hereby amended by rewriting the Section to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. That any person, firm or corporation receiving citations for the above offenses pay through the traffic bureau the amounts set out below as partial payment of the court costs for such violations:

(a)       All offenses listed above one dollar ($1.00) first offense; two dollars ($2.00) second offense, except for violating speed limits, stop signs and traffic control lights.

(b)       For violating speed limits the payment shall be as follows:

                                                                                                 1st offense              2nd offense

36 to 50 miles per hour ......................................................... $   5.00                       $10.00

51 to 55 miles per hour ......................................................... $10.00                       $15.00

56 and over miles per hour ................................................... $15.00                       $25.00

(c)       For disregarding stop signs and traffic control lights, the payment shall be five dollars ($5.00) for the first offense and ten dollars ($10.00) for the second offense."

Sec. 3. Section 3 of Chapter 218 of the Session Laws of 1947 is hereby amended by striking from line 7 thereof the words "the same traffic violation" and substituting therefor the words "a violation of a speed limit, disregarding of stop signs and disregarding traffic control lights".

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1963.