Bill Text: NC S252 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-12 - Ch. SL 2013-90 [S252 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S252-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 252

Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 5/7/13

 

Short Title:        Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 12, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for certain violations of the controlled substances act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑108(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Provided, that if the criminal pleading alleges that the violation was committed intentionally, and upon trial it is specifically found that the violation was committed intentionally, such violations shall be a Class I felony.felony unless one of the following applies:

(1)        A person who violates subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section and also fortifies the structure, with the intent to impede law enforcement entry, (by barricading windows and doors) shall be punished as a Class I felon.

(2)        A person who violates subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of this section shall be punished as a Class G felon."

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