GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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HOUSE BILL 2880

Committee Substitute Favorable 6/28/06

Short Title:     No Prayer for Judgment/Bus Stop Arm Violation.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

June 19, 2006

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to prevent a person who is guilty of passing a stopped school bus from receiving a prayer for judgment continued.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-217(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)      Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall not receive a prayer for judgment continued under any circumstances."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2006, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.