GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 124

Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 4/9/13

House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/5/13

 

Short Title:        Shoot Gun Inside/To Incite Fear.		(Public)
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February 25, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make it a criminal offense to discharge a firearm within an enclosure with the intent to incite fear.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 14‑34.10.  Discharge firearm within enclosure to incite fear.

Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge a firearm within any occupied building, structure, motor vehicle, or other conveyance, erection, or enclosure with the intent to incite fear in another shall be punished as a Class F felon."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.