NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 885

SENATE BILL 911

AN ACT TO AMEND THE WORTHLESS CHECKS STATUTE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-107 is amended by adding a new subparagraph immediately following subparagraph (2) to read as follows:

"(3)      If such check or draft is drawn upon a non-existent account, the punishment shall be by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

(4)        If such check or draft is drawn upon an account that has been closed by the drawer prior to time the check is drawn, the punishment shall be a fine not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400.00) or imprisonment for not more than five months or both."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective August 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.