GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-110

HOUSE BILL 510

AN ACT to include a violation of G.S. 20-123.2 as a lesser included offense in a speeding violation.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-141 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(o) A violation of G.S. 20-123.2 shall be a lesser included offense in any violation of this section."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21^st day of May, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Richard T. Morgan

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:20 a.m. this 31^st day of May, 2003