Shavitz v. City of High Point

McCullough, Judge.

Article IX, Section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution provides that “the clear proceeds of all penalties and forfeitures and of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws of the state, shall belong to and remain in the several counties, and shall be faithfully appropriated and used exclusively for maintaining free public schools.” N.C. Const, art. IX, § 7 (2003), amended by 2003 N.C. Sess. Laws ch. 423, § 1 (éffective Jan. 1, 2005). 1 The present appeal requires us to determine whether this constitutional provision applies to penalties…