Bill Text: NC H657 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Study/Highway Patrol Warning Tickets

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H657 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-H657-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 657

 

 

Short Title:        Study/Highway Patrol Warning Tickets.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives McNeill, Jones, S. Ross, and Malone (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.

Referred to:

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

April 10, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety to study the costs associated with the issuance of warning tickets by the state highway patrol and ways to offset such costs.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety shall study the costs associated with the issuance of warning tickets by the State Highway Patrol and recommend ways to offset such costs. The study shall examine at least all of the following:

(1)        Charging a nominal fee to a person receiving a warning ticket.

(2)        Developing a database to track the fees charged and the amounts collected.

(3)        Determining how amounts in excess of costs should be allocated.

(4)        An anticipated time line for implementing such a system.

(5)        Any other issues the Committee determines is relevant.

SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety shall report its findings and any recommendations, including any legislative recommendations, to the 2013 General Assembly when it reconvenes in 2014.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

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