<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-67. - Duty to stop for law enforcement light or siren.</div>
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               (a)
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               This section, which is a local addition to G.S. 75A-1 et seq., requires the operator
               of any vessel operated on the waters of the state to stop for a blue light or siren
               exhibited by any law enforcement officer during the performance of duties. The section
               added to G.S. 75A-1 et seq. reads substantially as follows:
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               (1)
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               Operators of any vessels operated on the waters of the state are hereby required to
               stop for a blue light or siren exhibited by any law enforcement officer during the
               performance of his duties.
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               (2)
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               Every person convicted of violating this act [section] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
               and shall be punishable as if it were an offense for which the punishment is provided
               by G.S. 20-176(b), which states that "Unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided
               by law, a person found responsible for an infraction contained in this article may
               be ordered to pay a penalty of not more than $100.00."
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               (b)
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               This section applies only to Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg counties.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 293.01)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Law enforcement, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH22LAEN" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">ch. 22</a>.
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