NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 234

SENATE BILL 236

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-16 REGARDING SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DRIVERS' LICENSES FOR SPEEDING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-16(a)(10) is hereby amended by inserting before the semicolon after the word "hour" the following: "on a public road or highway where the maximum speed is less than 70 miles per hour".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-16(a) is further amended by adding a new subdivision to read as follows:

"(10a)   Has been convicted of operating a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour on a public highway where the maximum speed is 70 miles per hour;".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1971.