Bill Summary for S 308 (2017-2018)

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Mar 16 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 308 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 16, 2017
AN ACT TO APPOINT PERSONS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND TO CORRECT A TERM IN THE 2017 APPOINTMENTS BILL.
Intro. by J. Davis.

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Amends GS 15-1. Tolls the statute of limitations for crimes of deceit and malicious mischief, and the crime of petit larceny where the value of the property does not exceed $5, and all misdemeanors except malicious misdemeanors, during the time a misdemeanor is dismissed with leave. Requires those same crimes to be charged (was, presented or found by the grand jury) within two years after the commission of the crime, and specifies that the provision preserving the validity of a defective indictment preserves any criminal process. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Amends GS 8C-1, Rule 702(a1), to authorize expert testimony on the results of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, administered in accordance with the expert's training (currently does not require administration in accordance with training). Requires an expert to have administered a drug influence evaluation, and who hold a certification as a Drug Recognition Expert, for expert testimony on a person's impairment by impairing substances (currently does not require the administration of the evaluation). Effective when the act becomes law.