NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 22

SENATE BILL 45

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 14-128 AND G.S. 14-134.1 SO AS TO INCREASE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-128, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Vol. 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting in lines 7 and 8 the words "not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days:" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both in the discretion of the Court:".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-134.1, as it appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Vol. 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting the word "or County" immediately after the word "corporation" in line 3, and immediately after the word "municipality" in line 8. Further amend G.S. 14-134.1 by rewriting the last two lines to read as follows: "A violation of this Section shall constitute a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than six (6) months, or both, in the discretion of the Court."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective October 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of February, 1969.