GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 32

Short Title:        Amend Habitual DWI.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Jackson (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Judiciary II.

February 2, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the offense of habitual impaired driving.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑138.5(a) reads as rewritten:

"§ 20‑138.5.  Habitual impaired driving.

(a)        A person commits the offense of habitual impaired driving if he drives while impaired as defined in G.S. 20‑138.1 and has been convicted of three two or more offenses involving impaired driving as defined in G.S. 20‑4.01(24a) within 10 years of the date of this offense."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.