NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 787

HOUSE BILL 1455

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 456 OF THE 1979 SESSION LAWS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (a) of G.S. 15A-1352 as enacted by Chapter 456 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended by inserting in the first sentence immediately following the words "misdemeanor under this Article" the following: "or for nonpayment of a fine under Article 84 of this Chapter".

Sec. 2.  Subsection (b) of G.S. 15A-1352 as enacted by Chapter 456 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end of the subsection the following:

"; except that, upon request of the sheriff or the board of commissioners of a county, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, sentence the person to a local confinement facility in that county".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1979.