GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 889*

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/13/09

Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 5/4/09

Senate Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 8/6/09

Short Title:        Change Penalty for Misd. Death by Vehicle.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 31, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to increase the penalty for misdemeanor death by motor vehicle from a class 1 misdemeanor to a class A1 misdemeanor.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑141.4(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Punishments. – Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, the following classifications apply to the offenses set forth in this section:

(1)        Aggravated felony death by vehicle is a Class D felony.

(2)        Felony death by vehicle is a Class E felony.

(3)        Aggravated felony serious injury by vehicle is a Class E felony.

(4)        Felony serious injury by vehicle is a Class F felony.

(5)        Misdemeanor death by vehicle is a Class 1 A1 misdemeanor."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.