NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 763

HOUSE BILL Ill

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES FROM ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR WHICH REPORTS OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS MUST BE MADE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-166.1(a) and (b) are hereby amended by deleting the words and figures "one hundred dollars ($100.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "two hundred dollars ($200.00)", so that G.S. 20-166.1(a) and (b) shall read as follows:

"G.S. 20-166.1.  Reports and investigations required in event of collision. — (a) The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of two hundred dollars ($200.00) or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the collision to the local police department if the collision occurs within a municipality, or to the office of the sheriff or other qualified rural police of the county wherein the collision occurred.

"(b)      The driver of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of two hundred dollars ($200.00) or more, shall, within five days after the collision, forward a written report of the collision to the Department."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-279.4 is hereby amended by deleting on line 3 the figure "$100.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$200.00".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-279.5(a) is hereby amended by deleting on line 5 the figure "$100.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "$200.00".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of July, 1971.