NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1012

HOUSE BILL 1270

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUNISHMENT FOR SITTING OR LYING UPON HIGHWAYS OR STREETS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-174.1 is hereby amended by striking from line 4 thereof the following: "fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court", and adding in lieu thereof: "a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1969.