A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the felony offense of driving while impaired after having been previously convicted of a driving while impaired offense that was the proximate cause of a traffic-related death.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20‑138.6.  Impaired driving after a conviction of impaired driving which was a proximate cause of traffic-related death.
Any person convicted of G.S. 20‑138.1 or G.S. 20‑138.2, after having been previously convicted of a violation of G.S. 20‑138.1 or G.S. 20‑138.2 where the prior offense was a proximate cause of a traffic-related death, shall be guilty of a Class E felony."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.