GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 279*

Short Title:  Reclassify Some Felonies. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Barnes and Redwine.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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February 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RECLASSIFY SOME FELONIES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SENTENCING AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
––-NOTARIES
Section 1.  G.S. 10A-12(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any notary who takes an acknowledgment or performs a verification or proof knowing it is false or fraudulent is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-REBELLION AGAINST THE STATE
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-8.  Rebellion against the State.
If any person shall incite, set on foot, assist or engage in a rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the State of North Carolina or the laws thereof, or shall give aid or comfort thereto, every person so offending in any of the ways aforesaid shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-CONSPIRING TO REBEL AGAINST THE STATE
Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-9 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-9.  Conspiring to rebel against the State.
If two or more persons shall conspire together to overthrow or put down, or to destroy by force, the government of North Carolina, or to levy war against the government of the State, or to oppose by force the authority of such government, or by force or threats to intimidate, or to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law of the State, or by force or fraud to seize or take possession of any firearms or other property of the State, against the will or contrary  to the authority of such State, every person so offending in any of the ways aforesaid shall be punished as a Class G felon."
––-COUNTERFEITING COIN AND UTTERING COIN
Sec. 4.  G.S. 14-13 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-13.  Counterfeiting coin and uttering coin that is counterfeit.
If any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting the resemblance or similitude or likeness of a Spanish milled dollar, or any coin of gold or silver which is in common use and received in the discharge of contracts by the citizens of the State; or shall pass, utter, publish or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish or sell, or bring into the State from any other place with intent to pass, utter, publish or sell as true, any such false, forged or counterfeited coin, knowing the same to be false, forged or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any person whatsoever, every person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-POSSESSING TOOLS FOR COUNTERFEITING
Sec. 5.  G.S. 14-14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-14.  Possessing tools for counterfeiting.
If any person shall have in his possession any instrument for the purpose of making any counterfeit similitude or likeness of a Spanish milled dollar, or other coin made of gold or silver which is in common use and received in discharge of contracts by the citizens of the State, and shall be duly convicted thereof, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-ASSAULT ON EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE OFFICER
Sec. 6.  G.S. 14-16.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-16.6.  Assault on executive or legislative officer.
(a)	Any person who assaults any legislative officer named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3) or any executive officer named in G.S. 147-3(c), or any person who makes a violent attack upon the residence, office, temporary accommodation or means of transport of any legislative officer named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3) or any executive officer named in G.S. 147-3(c) in a manner likely to endanger such legislative officer or executive officer, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon.
(b)	Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) and uses a deadly weapon in the commission of that offense shall be punished as a Class F felon.
(c)	Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) and inflicts serious bodily injury to any legislative officer named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3) or any executive officer as named in G.S. 147-3(c) shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-THREATS AGAINST OFFICERS
Sec. 7.  G.S. 14-16.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-16.7.  Threats against executive or legislative officers.
(a)	Any person who knowingly and willfully makes any threat to inflict serious bodily injury upon or to kill any legislative officer named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3) or any executive official as named in G.S. 147-3(c), shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon.
(b)	Any person who knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance  in the mail any letter, writing, or other document containing a threat to inflict serious bodily injury upon or to kill any legislative officer named in G.S. 147-2(1), (2), or (3) or any executive official named in G.S. 147-3(c), shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-MURDER IN THE FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE
Sec. 8.  G.S. 14-17 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-17.  Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.
A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any arson, rape or a sex offense, robbery, kidnapping, burglary, or other felony committed or attempted with the use of a deadly weapon shall be deemed to be murder in the first degree, a Class A felony, and any person who commits such murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment in the State's prison for life as the court shall determine pursuant to G.S. 15A-2000, except that any such person who was under 17 years of age at the time of the murder shall be punished with imprisonment in the State's prison for life.  Provided, however, any person under the age of 17 who commits murder in the first degree while serving a prison sentence imposed for a prior murder or while on escape from a prison sentence imposed for a prior murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment in the State's prison for life as the court shall determine pursuant to G.S. 15A-2000.  All other kinds of murder, including that which shall be proximately caused by the unlawful distribution of opium or any synthetic or natural salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium, or cocaine or other substance described in G.S. 90-90(a)4., when the ingestion of such substance causes the death of the user, shall be deemed murder in the second degree, and any person who commits such murder shall be punished as a Class B felon."
––-PUNISHMENT FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Sec. 9.  G.S. 14-18 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-18.  Punishment for manslaughter.
Voluntary manslaughter shall be punishable as a Class E felony, and involuntary manslaughter shall be punishable as a Class F felony."
––-CONSPIRACY OR SOLICITATION TO COMMIT MURDER
Sec. 10.  G.S. 14-18.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-18.1.  Conspiracy or solicitation to commit murder; conspiracy or solicitation to commit murder of a law enforcement officer, State official, juror or witness; punishments.
(a)	Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to commit murder is a Class C felony.
(b)	Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to commit murder of a law enforcement officer, judge or justice, former judge or justice, prosecutor or former prosecutor, juror or former juror or witness or former witness against the defendant while engaged in the performance of his official duties or because of the exercise of his official duties, is a Class C felony."
––-KILLING ADVERSARY IN DUEL
Sec. 11.  G.S. 14-20 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-20.  Killing adversary in duel; aiders and abettors declared accessories.
If any person fight a duel in consequence of a challenge sent or received, and either of the parties shall be killed, then the survivor, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as a Class B felon. All their aiders and abettors shall be considered accessories before the fact.
Any person charged with killing an adversary in a duel may enter a plea of guilty to said charge in the same way and manner and under the conditions and restrictions set forth in G.S. 15-162.1 relating to pleas of guilty for first degree murder, first degree burglary, arson and rape."
––-SECOND-DEGREE RAPE
Sec. 12.  G.S. 14-27.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony."
––-SECOND-DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE
Sec. 13.  G.S. 14-27.5(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony."
––-PENALTY FOR ATTEMPT
Sec. 14.  G.S. 14-27.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-27.6.  Penalty for attempt.
An attempt to commit first-degree rape as defined by G.S. 14-27.2, or an attempt to commit a first-degree sexual offense as defined by G.S. 14-27.4 is a Class B felony. An attempt to commit second-degree rape as defined by G.S. 14-27.3, or an attempt to commit a second-degree sexual offense as defined by G.S. 14-27.5 is a Class E felony."
––-INTERCOURSE AND SEX OFFENSES/CERTAIN VICTIMS
Sec. 15. G.S. 14-27.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-27.7.  Intercourse and sexual offenses with certain victims; consent no defense.
If a defendant who has assumed the position of a parent in the home of a minor victim engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with a victim who is a minor residing in the home, or if a person having custody of a victim of any age or a person who is an agent or employee of any person, or institution, whether such institution is private, charitable, or governmental, having custody of a victim of any age engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with such victim, the defendant is guilty of a Class E felony. Consent is not a  defense to a charge under this section."
––-MALICIOUS CASTRATION
Sec. 16.  G.S. 14-28 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-28.  Malicious castration.
If any person, of malice aforethought, shall unlawfully castrate any other person, or cut off, maim or disfigure any of the privy members of any person, with intent to murder, maim, disfigure, disable or render impotent such person, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class C felon."
––-CASTRATION OR OTHER MAIMING WITHOUT MALICE
Sec. 17.  G.S. 14-29 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-29.  Castration or other maiming without malice aforethought.
If any person shall, on purpose and unlawfully, but without malice aforethought, cut, or slit the nose, bite or cut off the nose, or a lip or an ear, or disable any limb or member of any other person, or castrate any other person, or cut off, maim or disfigure any of the privy members of any other person, with intent to kill, maim, disfigure, disable or render impotent such person, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class E felon."
––-MALICIOUS MAIMING
Sec. 18.  G.S. 14-30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-30.  Malicious maiming.
If any person shall, of malice aforethought, unlawfully cut out or disable the tongue or put out an eye of any other person, with intent to murder, maim or disfigure, the person so offending, his counselors, abettors and aiders, knowing of and privy to the offense, shall be punished as a Class C felon."
––-MALICIOUS THROWING OF CORROSIVE ACID
Sec. 19.  G.S. 14-30.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-30.1.  Malicious throwing of corrosive acid or alkali.
If any person shall, of malice aforethought, knowingly and willfully throw or cause to be thrown upon another person any corrosive acid or alkali with intent to murder, maim or disfigure and inflicts serious injury not resulting in death, he shall be punished as a Class E felon."
––-MALICIOUSLY ASSAULTING IN A SECRET MANNER
Sec. 20.  G.S. 14-31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-31.  Maliciously assaulting in a secret manner.
If any person shall in a secret manner maliciously commit an assault and battery with any deadly weapon upon another by waylaying or otherwise, with intent to kill such other person, notwithstanding the person so assaulted may have been conscious of the presence of his adversary, he shall be punished as a Class E felon."
––-FELONIOUS ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON/ INTENT TO KILL
Sec. 21.  G.S. 14-32 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-32.  Felonious assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury; punishments.
(a)	Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class C felon.
(b)	Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class E felon.
(c)	Any person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill shall be punished as a Class E felon."
––-ASSAULTS ON HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PUNISHMENTS
Sec. 22.  G.S. 14-32.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-32.1.  Assaults on handicapped persons; punishments.
(a)	For purposes of this section, a 'handicapped person' is a person who has:
(1)	A physical or mental disability, such as decreased use of arms or legs, blindness, deafness, mental retardation or mental illness; or
(2)	Infirmity
which would substantially impair that person's ability to defend himself.
(b)	Any person who assaults a handicapped person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicts serious injury is guilty of a Class C felony.
(c)	Any person who assaults a handicapped person with a deadly weapon and inflicts serious injury is guilty of a Class E felony.
(d)	Any person who assaults a handicapped person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill is guilty of a Class E felony.
(e)	Unless his conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who commits any aggravated assault or assault and battery on a handicapped person is guilty of a  Class F felony. A person commits an aggravated assault or assault and battery upon a handicapped person if, in the course of the assault or assault and battery, that person:
(1)	Uses a deadly weapon or other means of force likely to inflict  serious injury or serious damage to a handicapped person; or
(2)	Inflicts serious injury or serious damage to a handicapped person; or
(3)	Intends to kill a handicapped person.
(f)	Any person who commits a simple assault or battery upon a handicapped person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both."
––-ASSAULTS, BATTERIES, AND AFFRAYS
Sec. 23. G.S. 14-33 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-33.  Assaults, batteries, and affrays, simple and aggravated; punishments.
(a)	Any person who commits a simple assault or a simple assault and battery or participates in a simple affray is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
(b)	Unless his conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who commits any assault, assault and battery, or affray is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if, in the course of the assault, assault and battery, or affray, he:
	(2)	Assaults a female, he being a male person at least 18 years of age; or
(3)	Assaults a child under the age of 12 years.
(4)	to (7).  Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 525, s. 1.
	(c)	Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, andy persons who commits any assault, assault and battery, or affray, and:
(1)	Inflicts, or attempts to inflict, serious injury upon another person  is guilty of a Class H felony;
(2)	Uses a deadly weapon is guilty of a Class I felony; or
(3)	Assaults an officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, when the officer or employee is discharging or attempting to discharge his official duties is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-PATIENT ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Sec. 24.  G.S. 14-32.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Unless the conduct is prohibited by some other provision of law providing for greater punishment.
(1)	Any person who violates subsection (a) above is guilty of a Class C felony where intentional conduct proximately causes the death of the patient or resident;
(2)	Any person who violates subsection (a) above is guilty of a Class E felony where culpably negligent conduct proximately causes the death of the patient or resident;
(3)	Any person who violates subsection (a) above is guilty of a Class F felony where such conduct proximately causes serious bodily injury to the patient or resident."
––-ASSAULTING BY POINTING GUN
Sec. 25.  G.S. 14-34 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-34. Assaulting by pointing gun.
If any person shall point any gun or pistol at any person, either in fun or otherwise, whether such gun or pistol be loaded or not loaded, that person is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-DISCHARGING CERTAIN WEAPONS INTO OCCUPIED PROPERTY
Sec. 26.  G.S. 14-34.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-34.1.  Discharging certain barreled weapons or a firearm into occupied property.
Any person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge:
(1)	Any barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second; or
(2)	A firearm into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other conveyance, device, equipment, erection, or enclosure while it is occupied is guilty of a Class E felony."
––-ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM OR DEADLY WEAPON
Sec. 27.  G.S. 14-34.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-34.2.  Assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon upon governmental officers or employees.
Any person who commits an assault with a firearm or any other deadly weapon upon an officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State in the performance of his duties shall be guilty of a Class F felony."
––-KIDNAPPING.
Sec. 28.  G.S. 14-39(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	There shall be two degrees of kidnapping as defined by subsection (a). If the person kidnapped either was not released by the defendant in a safe place or had been seriously injured or sexually assaulted, the offense is kidnapping in the first degree and is punishable as a Class C felony. If the person kidnapped was released in a safe place by the defendant and had not been seriously injured or sexually assaulted, the offense is kidnapping in the second degree and is punishable as a Class E felony."
––-ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN
Sec. 29.  G.S. 14-41 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-41.  Abduction of children.
If anyone shall abduct or by any means induce any child under the age of fourteen years, who shall reside with its father, mother, uncle, aunt, brother or elder sister, or shall reside at a school, or be an orphan and reside with a guardian, to leave such person or school, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-ABDUCTION OF MARRIED WOMEN
Sec. 30.  G.S. 14-43 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-43.  Abduction of married women.
If any male person shall abduct or elope with the wife of another, he shall be punished as a Class I felon: Provided, that the woman, since her marriage, has been an innocent and virtuous woman: Provided further, that no conviction shall be had upon the unsupported testimony of any such married woman."
––-INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
Sec. 31.  G.S. 14-43.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	It is unlawful to knowingly and willfully:
(1)	Hold another in involuntary servitude, or
(2)	Entice, persuade or induce another to go to another place with the intent that the other be held in involuntary servitude.
A person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class F felony."
––-FELONIOUS RESTRAINT
Sec. 32.  G.S. 14-43.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-43.3.  Felonious restraint.
A person commits the offense of felonious restraint if he unlawfully restrains another person without that person's consent, or the consent of the person's parent or legal custodian if the person is less than 16 years old, and moves the person from the place of the initial restraint by transporting him in a motor vehicle or other conveyance. Violation of this section is a Class F felony. Felonious restraint is considered a lesser included offense of kidnapping."
––-CONCEALING BIRTH OF CHILD
Sec. 33.  G.S. 14-46 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-46.  Concealing birth of child.
If any person shall, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a newborn child, endeavor to conceal the birth of such child, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon. Any person aiding, counseling or abetting any other person in concealing the birth of a child in violation of this statute shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
––-MALICIOUS USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR INCENDIARY; ATTEMPT
Sec. 34.  G.S. 14-49 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-49.  Malicious use of explosive or incendiary; attempt; punishment.
(a)	Any person who willfully and maliciously injures or attempts to injure another by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class D felony.
(b)	Any person who willfully and maliciously damages or attempts to damage any real or personal property of any kind or nature belonging to another by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class G felony.
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––-MALICIOUS DAMAGE OF OCCUPIED PROPERTY BY USE OF EXPLOSIVE
Sec. 35.  G.S. 14-49.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-49.1.  Malicious damage of occupied property by use of explosive or incendiary; attempt; punishment.
Any person who willfully and maliciously damages or attempts to damage any real or personal property of any kind or nature, being at the time occupied by another, by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a felony punishable as a Class D felony."
––-CONSPIRACY TO INJURE OR DAMAGE BY USE OF EXPLOSIVE
Sec. 36.  G.S. 14-50 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-50.  Conspiracy to injure or damage by use of explosive or incendiary; punishment.
(a)	Any person who conspires with another willfully and maliciously to injure another by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class E felony.
(b)	Any person who conspires with another willfully and maliciously to damage any real or personal property of any kind or nature belonging to another by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class H felony.
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––-PUNISHMENT FOR BURGLARY
Sec. 37.  G.S. 14-52 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-52.  Punishment for burglary.
Burglary in the first degree shall be punishable as a Class D felony, and burglary in the second degree shall be punishable as a Class G felony. "
––-PREPARATION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
Sec. 38.  G.S. 14-55 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-55.  Preparation to commit burglary or other housebreakings.
If any person shall be found armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon, with the intent to break or enter a dwelling, or other building whatsoever, and to commit any felony or larceny therein; or shall be found having in his possession, without lawful excuse, any picklock, key, bit, or other implement of housebreaking; or shall be found in any such building, with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-BREAKING INTO OR OPENING COIN MACHINES
Sec. 39.  G.S. 14-56.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-56.1.  Breaking into or forcibly opening coin- or currency-operated machines.
Any person who forcibly breaks into, or by the unauthorized use of a key or other instrument opens, any coin- or currency-operated machine with intent to steal any property or moneys therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment or both in the discretion of the court, but if such person has previously been convicted of violating this section, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon. The term 'coin- or currency-operated machine' shall mean any coin- or currency-operated vending machine, pay telephone, telephone coin or currency receptacle, or other coin- or currency- activated machine or device.
There shall be posted on the machines referred to in G.S. 14-56.1 a decal stating that it is a crime to break into vending machines, and that a second offense is a felony. The absence of such a decal is not a defense to a prosecution for the crime described in this section."
––-BREAKING INTO PAPER CURRENCY MACHINES
Sec. 40.  G.S. 14-56.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-56.3.  Breaking into paper currency machines.
Any person, who with intent to steal any moneys therein forcibly breaks into any vending or dispensing machine or device which is operated or activated by the use, deposit or insertion of United States paper currency, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, but if such person has previously been convicted of violating this section, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon.
There shall be posted on the machines referred to in this section a decal stating that it is a crime to break into paper currency machines. The absence of such a decal is not a defense to a prosecution for the crime described in this section."
––-BURGLARY WITH EXPLOSIVES
Sec. 41.  G.S. 14-57 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-57.  Burglary with explosives.
Any person who, with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein, breaks and enters, either by day or by night, any building, whether inhabited or not, and opens or attempts to open any vault, safe, or other secure place by use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gunpowder, or any other explosive, or acetylene torch, shall be deemed guilty of burglary with explosives. Any person convicted under this section shall be punished as a Class D felon."
––-PUNISHMENT FOR ARSON
Sec. 42.  G.S. 14-58 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-58.  Punishment for arson.
There shall be two degrees of arson as defined at the common law. If the dwelling burned was occupied at the time of the burning, the offense is arson in the first degree and is punishable as a Class D felony. If the dwelling burned was unoccupied at the time of the burning, the offense is arson in the second degree and is punishable as a Class G felony."
––-BURNING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Sec. 43.  G.S. 14-59 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-59.  Burning of certain public buildings.
If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, the State Capitol, the Legislative Building, the Justice Building or any building owned or occupied by the State or any of its agencies, institutions or subdivisions or by any county, incorporated city or town or other governmental or quasi-governmental entity, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BURNING OF SCHOOLHOUSES
Sec. 44.  G.S. 14-60 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-60.  Burning of schoolhouses or buildings of educational institutions.
If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, any schoolhouse or building owned, leased or used by any public or private school, college or educational institution, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BURNING OF CERTAIN BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS
Sec. 45.  G.S. 14-61 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-61.  Burning of certain bridges and buildings.
If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, any public bridge, or private toll bridge, or the bridge of any incorporated company, or any fire-engine house or rescue-squad building, or any house belonging to an incorporated company or unincorporated association and used in the business of such company or association, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BURNING OF CHURCHES AND CERTAIN OTHER BUILDINGS
Sec. 46.  G.S. 14-62 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-62.  Burning of churches and certain other buildings.
If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, any uninhabited house, any church, chapel or meetinghouse, or any stable, coach house, outhouse, warehouse, office, shop, mill, barn or granary, or any building, structure or erection used or intended to be used in carrying on any trade or manufacture, or any branch thereof, whether the same or any of them respectively shall then be in the possession of the offender, or in the possession of any other person,  he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BURNING OF BUILDING IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 47.  G.S. 14-62.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-62.1.  Burning of building or structure in process of construction.
If any person shall wantonly and willfully set fire to or burn or cause to be burned, or aid, counsel or procure the burning of, any building or structure in the process of construction for use or intended to be used as a dwelling house or in carrying on any trade or manufacture, or otherwise, whether the same or any of them respectively shall then be in the possession of the offender, or in the possession of any other person, he shall be punished as a Class H  felon."
––-MAKING A FALSE REPORT CONCERNING DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE
Sec. 48.  G.S. 14-69.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	If any person shall, by any means of communication to any person or group of persons, make a report, knowing or having reason to know the same to be false, that there is located in any hospital facility as defined in G.S. 131E-6, which includes a health clinic facility, any device designed to destroy or damage the hospital or health clinic facility by explosion, blasting, or burning, he shall, upon a first conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a minimum of 100 hours of mandatory community service.  Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this subsection, he shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN GRAND AND PETIT LARCENY ABOLISHED
Sec. 49.  G.S. 14-70 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-70.  Distinctions between grand and petit larceny abolished; punishment; accessories to larceny.
All distinctions between petit and grand larceny are abolished. Unless otherwise provided by statute, larceny is a Class H felony and is subject to the same rules of criminal procedure and principles of law as to accessories before and after the fact as other felonies."
––-RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS
Sec. 50.  G.S. 14-71 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-71.  Receiving stolen goods.
If any person shall receive any chattel, property, money, valuable security or other thing whatsoever, the stealing or taking whereof amounts to larceny or a felony, either at common law or by virtue of any statute made or hereafter to be made, such person knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the same to have been feloniously stolen or taken, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and may be indicted and convicted, whether the felon stealing and taking such chattels, property, money, valuable security or other thing, shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice; and any such receiver may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in any county in which he shall have, or shall have had, any such property in his possession or in any county in which the thief may be tried, in the same manner as such receiver may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in the county where he actually received such chattel, money, security, or other thing; and such receiver shall be punished as one convicted of larceny."
––-POSSESSING STOLEN GOODS
Sec. 51.  G.S. 14-71.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-71.1.  Possessing stolen goods.
If any person shall possess any chattel, property, money, valuable security or other thing whatsoever, the stealing or taking whereof amounts to larceny or a felony, either at common law or by virtue of any statute made or hereafter to be made, such person knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the same to have been feloniously stolen or taken, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and may be indicted and convicted, whether the felon stealing and taking such chattels, property, money, valuable security or other thing shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice; and any such possessor may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in any county in which he shall have, or shall have had, any such property in his possession or in any county in which the thief may be tried, in the same manner as such possessor may be dealt with, indicted, tried and punished in the county where he actually possessed such chattel, money, security, or other thing; and such possessor shall be punished as one convicted of larceny."
––-UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AN AIRCRAFT
Sec. 52.  G.S. 14-72.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Unauthorized use of an aircraft is a Class H felony. All other unauthorized use of a motor-propelled conveyance is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."
––-LARCENY OF CHOSE IN ACTION
Sec. 53.  G.S. 14-75 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-75. Larceny of chose in action.
If any person shall feloniously steal, take and carry away, or take by robbery, any bank note, check or other order for the payment of money issued by or drawn on any bank or other society or corporation within this State or within any of the United States, or any treasury warrant, debenture, certificate of stock or other public security, or certificate of stock in any corporation, or any order, bill of exchange, bond, promissory note or other obligation, either for the payment of money or for the delivery of specific articles, being the property of any other person, or of any corporation (notwithstanding any of the said particulars may be termed in law a chose in action), that person is guilty of a Class H felony."
––-LARCENY OF UNGATHERED CROPS
Sec. 54.  G.S. 14-78 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-78. Larceny of ungathered crops.
If any person shall steal or feloniously take and carry away any maize, corn, wheat, rice or other grain, or any cotton, tobacco, potatoes, peanuts, pulse, fruit, vegetable or other product cultivated for food or market, growing, standing or remaining ungathered in any field or ground, that person is guilty of a Class H felony."
––-LARCENY OF GINSENG
Sec. 55.  G.S. 14-79 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-79.  Larceny of ginseng.
If any person shall take and carry away, or shall aid in taking or carrying away, any ginseng growing upon the lands of another person, with intent to steal the same, he shall be punished as a Class H felon: Provided, that such ginseng, at the time the same is taken, shall be in beds and the land upon which such beds are located shall be surrounded by a lawful fence."
––-LARCENY OF WOOD AND PROPERTY FROM LAND
Sec. 56.  G.S. 14-80 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-80. Larceny of wood and other property from land.
If any person, not being the present owner or bona fide claimant thereof, shall willfully and unlawfully enter upon the lands of another, carrying off or being engaged in carrying off any wood or other kind of property whatsoever, growing or being thereon, the same being the property of the owner of the premises, or under his control, keeping or care, such person shall, if the act be done with felonious intent, be guilty of a Class H felony; and if not done with such intent, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
––-LARCENY OF DOGS
Sec. 57.  G.S. 14-81(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	Larceny of a dog is a Class I felony."
––-PURSUING OR INJURING LIVESTOCK WITH INTENT TO STEAL
Sec. 58.  G.S. 14-85 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-85.  Pursuing or injuring livestock with intent to steal.
If any person shall pursue, kill or wound any horse, mule, ass, jennet, cattle, hog, sheep or goat, the property of another, with the intent unlawfully and feloniously to convert the same to his own use, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony, and shall be punishable, in all respects, as if convicted of larceny, though such animal may not have come into the actual possession of the person so offending."
––-ROBBERY WITH FIREARMS OR OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS
Sec. 59.  G.S. 14-87(d) is repealed.
––-PUNISHMENT FOR COMMON-LAW ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT
Sec. 60.  G.S. 14-87.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-87.1.  Punishment for common-law robbery and attempted common-law robbery.
Robbery and attempted robbery as defined at common law, other than robbery with a firearm or other dangerous weapon as defined by G.S. 14-87, shall be punishable as a Class G felony."
––-TRAIN ROBBERY
Sec. 61.  G.S. 14-88 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-88.  Train robbery.
If any person shall enter upon any locomotive engine or car on any railroad in this State, and by threats, the exhibition of deadly weapons or the discharge of any pistol or gun, in or near any such engine or car, shall induce or compel any person on such engine or car to submit and deliver up, or allow to be taken therefrom, or from him, anything of value, he shall be guilty of train robbery, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as a Class D felon."
––-ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY
Sec. 62.  G.S. 14-89 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-89.  Attempted train robbery.
If any person shall stop, or cause to be stopped, or impede, or cause to be impeded, or conspire with others for that purpose, any locomotive engine or car on any railroad in this State, by intimidation of those in charge thereof or by force, threats or otherwise, for the purpose of taking therefrom or causing to be delivered up to such person so forcing, threatening or intimidating, anything of value, to be appropriated to his own use, he shall be guilty of attempting train robbery, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as a Class D felon."
––-SAFECRACKING
Sec. 63.  G.S. 14-89.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Safecracking shall be punishable as a Class I felony."
––-EMBEZZLEMENT OF FUNDS BY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
Sec. 64.  G.S. 14-92 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-92.  Embezzlement of funds by public officers and trustees.
If an officer, agent, or employee of an entity listed below, or a person having or holding money or property in trust for one of the listed entities, shall embezzle or otherwise willfully and corruptly use or misapply the same for any purpose other than that for which such moneys or property is held, such person shall be punished as a Class F felon. If any clerk of the superior court or any sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds or other public officer of any county, unit or agency of local government, or local board of education shall embezzle or wrongfully convert to his own use, or corruptly use, or shall misapply for any purpose other than that for which the same are held, or shall fail to pay over and deliver to the proper persons entitled to receive the same when lawfully required so to do, any moneys, funds, securities or other property which such officer shall have received by virtue or color of his office in trust for any person or corporation, such officer shall be punished as a Class F felon. The provisions of this section shall apply to all persons who shall go out of office and fail or neglect to account to or deliver over to their successors in office or other persons lawfully entitled to receive the same all such moneys, funds and securities or property aforesaid. The following entities are protected by this section: a county, a city or  other unit or agency of local government, a local board of education, and a penal, charitable, religious, or educational institution."
––-EMBEZZLEMENT BY TREASURERS OF CHARITIES
Sec. 65.  G.S. 14-93 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-93. Embezzlement by treasurers of charitable and religious organizations.
If any treasurer or other financial officer of any benevolent or religious institution, society or congregation shall lend any of the moneys coming into his hands to any other person or association without the consent of the institution, association or congregation to whom such moneys belong; or, if he shall fail to account for such moneys when called on, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-CONSPIRING WITH OFFICERS OF RAILROAD
Sec. 66.  G.S. 14-95 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-95.  Conspiring with officers of railroad companies to embezzle.
If any person shall agree, combine, collude or conspire with the president, secretary, treasurer, director, engineer or agent of any railroad company to commit any offense specified in G.S. 14-94, such person so offending shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction in the superior or criminal court of a county through which the railroad of any company against which such offense may be perpetrated passes, shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-APPROPRIATION OF PARTNERSHIP FUNDS BY PARTNER
Sec. 67.  G.S. 14-97 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-97. Appropriation of partnership funds by partner to personal use.
Any person engaged in a partnership business in the State of North Carolina who shall, without the knowledge and consent of his copartner or copartners, take funds belonging to the partnership business and appropriate the same to his own personal use with the fraudulent intent of depriving his copartners of the use thereof, shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-EMBEZZLEMENT OF TAXES BY OFFICERS
Sec. 68.  G.S. 14-99 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-99.  Embezzlement of taxes by officers.
If any officer appropriates to his own use the State, county, school, city or town taxes, he shall be guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-OBTAINING SIGNATURES BY FALSE PRETENSES
Sec. 69.  G.S. 14-101 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-101.  Obtaining signatures by false pretenses.
If any person, with intent to defraud or cheat another, shall designedly, by color of any false token or writing, or by any other false pretense, obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punishable as forgery, he shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-WORTHLESS CHECKS
Sec. 70.  G.S. 14-107 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-107.  Worthless checks.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to draw, make, utter or issue and deliver to another, any check or draft on any bank or depository, for the payment of money or its equivalent, knowing at the time of the making, drawing, uttering, issuing and delivering such check or draft as aforesaid, that the maker or drawer thereof has not sufficient funds on deposit in or credit with such bank or depository with which to pay the same upon presentation.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to solicit or to aid and abet any other person, firm or corporation to draw, make, utter or issue and deliver to any person, firm or corporation, any check or draft on any bank or depository for the payment of money or its equivalent, being informed, knowing or having reasonable grounds for believing at the time of the soliciting or the aiding and abetting that the maker or the drawer of the check or draft has not sufficient funds on deposit in, or credit with, such bank or depository with which to pay the same upon presentation.
The word 'credit' as used herein shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank or depository for the payment of any such check or draft.
A violation of this section shall be a Class I felony if the amount of the check or draft is more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).  If the amount of the check or draft is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less, a violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable as follows:
(1)	If the amount of the check or draft is not over one hundred dollars ($100.00), the punishment shall be by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than 30 days.  Provided, however, if such person has been convicted three times of violating G.S. 14-107, he shall on the fourth and all subsequent convictions (i) be punished in the discretion of the district or superior court as for a general misdemeanor and (ii) be ordered, as a condition of probation, to refrain from maintaining a checking account or making or uttering a check for three years.
(2)	If the amount of the check or draft is over one hundred dollars ($100.00), the punishment shall be by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.  Provided, however, if such person has been convicted three times of violating G.S. 14-107, he shall on the fourth and all subsequent convictions (i) be punished in the discretion of the district or superior court as for a general misdemeanor and (ii) be ordered, as a condition of probation, to refrain from maintaining a checking account or making or uttering a check for three years.
(3)	If the check or draft is drawn upon a nonexistent 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 the 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.
In deciding to impose any sentence other than an active prison sentence, the sentencing judge shall consider and may require, in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 15A-1343, restitution to the victim for the amount of the check or draft and each prosecuting witness (whether or not under subpoena) shall be entitled to a witness fee as provided by G.S. 7A-314 which shall be taxed as part of the cost and assessed to the defendant."
––-FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS
Sec. 71.  G.S. 14-113.17(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A crime punishable under this Article is punishable as a Class I felony."
––-EXTORTION
Sec. 72.  G.S. 14-118.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-118.4.  Extortion.
Any person who threatens or communicates a threat or threats to another with the intention thereby wrongfully to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity is guilty of extortion and such person shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-UTTERING FORGED PAPER OR INSTRUMENT
Sec. 73.  G.S. 14-120 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-120.  Uttering forged paper or instrument containing a forged endorsement.
If any person, directly or indirectly, whether for the sake of gain or with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall utter or publish any such false, forged or counterfeited instrument as is mentioned in G.S. 14-119, or shall pass or deliver, or attempt to pass or deliver, any of them to another person (knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited) the person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon. If any person, directly or indirectly, whether for the sake of gain or with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit any endorsement on any instrument described in the preceding section, whether such instrument be genuine or false, or shall knowingly utter or publish any such instrument containing a false, forged or counterfeited endorsement or, knowing the same to be falsely endorsed, shall pass or deliver or attempt to pass or deliver any such instrument containing a forged endorsement to another person, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-SELLING OF CERTAIN FORGED SECURITIES
Sec. 74.  G.S. 14-121 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-121.  Selling of certain forged securities.
If any person shall sell, by delivery, endorsement or otherwise, to any other person, any judgment for the recovery of money purporting to have been rendered by a magistrate, or any bond, promissory note, bill of exchange, order, draft or liquidated account purporting to be signed by the debtor (knowing the same to be forged), the person so offending shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-FORGERY OF DEEDS AND WILLS
Sec. 75.  G.S. 14-122 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-122.  Forgery of deeds, wills and certain other instruments.
If any person, of his own head and imagination, or by false conspiracy or fraud with others, shall wittingly and falsely forge and make, or shall cause or wittingly assent to the forging or making of, or shall show forth in evidence, knowing the same to be forged, any deed, lease or will, or any bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note, endorsement or assignment thereof; or any acquittance or receipt for money or goods; or any receipt or release for any bond, note, bill or any other security for the payment of money; or any order for the payment of money or delivery of goods, with intent, in any of said instances, to defraud any person or corporation, and thereof shall be duly convicted, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-SETTING FIRE TO GRASS AND BRUSHLANDS AND WOODLANDS
Sec. 76.  G.S. 14-136 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-136.  Setting fire to grass and brushlands and woodlands.
If any person shall intentionally set fire to any grassland, brushland or woodland, except it be his own property, or in that case without first giving notice to all persons owning or in charge of lands adjoining the land intended to be fired, and without also taking care to watch such fire while burning and to extinguish it before it shall reach any lands near to or adjoining the lands so fired, he shall for every such offense be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for a period of not less than 60 days nor more than four months for the first offense, and for a second or any subsequent similar offense shall be imprisoned not less than four months nor more than one year. If intent to damage the property of another shall be shown, said person shallbe punished as a Class I felon. This section shall not prevent an action for the damages sustained by the owner of any property from such fires. For the purposes of this section, the term 'woodland' is to be taken to include all forest areas, both timber and cutover land, and all second-growth stands on areas that have at one time been cultivated. Any person who shall furnish to the State, evidence sufficient for the conviction of a violation of this section shall receive the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be paid from the State Fire Suppression Fund."
––-CONTAMINATING A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
Sec. 77.  G.S. 14-159.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony."
––-INTERFERENCE WITH ANIMAL RESEARCH
Sec. 78.  G.S. 14-159.2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any person who commits an offense under subsection (a) of this section that involves the release from any enclosure or restraining device of any animal having an infectious disease shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-CRIME AGAINST NATURE
Sec. 79.  G.S. 14-177 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-177.  Crime against nature.
If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-INCEST BETWEEN CERTAIN NEAR RELATIVES
Sec. 80.  G.S. 14-178 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-178.  Incest between certain near relatives.
The parties shall be guilty of a felony in all cases of carnal intercourse between (i)	grandparent and grandchild, (ii) parent and child or stepchild or legally adopted child, or (iii) brother and sister of the half or whole blood. Every such offense is punishable as a Class F felony."
––-BIGAMY
Sec. 81.  G.S. 14-183 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-183.  Bigamy.
If any person, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former husband or wife, every such offender, and every person counseling, aiding or abetting such offender, shall be punished as a Class I felon. Any such offense may be dealt with, tried, determined and punished in the county where the offender shall be apprehended, or be in custody, as if the offense had been actually committed in that county. If any person, being married, shall contract a marriage with any other person outside of this State, which marriage would be punishable as bigamous if contracted within this State, and shall thereafter cohabit with such person in this State, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as in cases of bigamy. Nothing contained in this section shall extend to any person marrying a second time, whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to have been living within that time; nor to any person who at the time of such second marriage shall have been lawfully divorced from the bond of the first marriage; nor to any person whose former marriage shall have been declared void by the sentence of any court of competent jurisdiction."
––-OBSCENE LITERATURE AND EXHIBITIONS
Sec. 82.  G.S. 14-190.1(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Violation of this section is a Class I felony."
––-DISSEMINATION TO MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YEARS
Sec. 83.  G.S. 14-190.8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-190.8.  Dissemination to minors under the age of 13 years.
Every person 18 years of age or older who knowingly disseminates to any minor under the age of 13 years any material which he knows or reasonably should know to be obscene within the meaning of G.S. 14-190.1 shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR
Sec. 84.  G.S. 14-190.16(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Punishment and Sentencing. – Violation of this section is a Class E felony.."
––-SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR
Sec. 85.  G.S. 14-190.17(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Punishment and Sentencing. – Violation of this section is a Class F felony.."
––-THIRD DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR
Sec. 86.  G.S. 14-190.17A(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Punishment and Sentencing - Violation of this section is a Class I felony."
––-PROMOTING PROSTITUTION OF A MINOR
Sec. 87.  G.S. 14-190.18(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Punishment and Sentencing. – Violation of this section is a Class F felony.."
––-PARTICIPATING IN PROSTITUTION OF A MINOR
Sec. 88.  G.S. 14-190.19(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Punishment and Sentencing. – Violation of this section is a Class F felony.  ."
––-TAKING INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH CHILDREN
Sec. 89.  G.S. 14-202.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Taking indecent liberties with children is punishable as a Class F felony."
––-PUNISHMENT FOR PERJURY
Sec. 90.  G.S. 14-209 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-209.  Punishment for perjury.
If any person shall willfully and corruptly commit perjury, on his oath or affirmation, in any suit, controversy, matter or cause, depending in any of the courts of the State, or in any deposition or affidavit taken pursuant to law, or in any oath or affirmation duly administered of or concerning any matter or thing whereof such person is lawfully required to be sworn or affirmed, every person so offending shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-SUBORNATION OF PERJURY
Sec. 91.  G.S. 14-210 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-210.  Subornation of perjury.
If any person shall, by any means, procure another person to commit such willful and corrupt perjury as is mentioned in G.S. 14-209, the person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-PERJURY BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Sec. 92.  G.S. 14-211 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-211.  Perjury before legislative committees.
If any person shall willfully and corruptly swear falsely to any fact material to the investigation of any matter before any committee or commission of either house of the General Assembly, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of willful and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction in the Superior Court of Wake County, shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-PERJURY IN COURT-MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 93.  G.S. 14-212 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-212.  Perjury in court-martial proceedings.
If any person shall willfully and corruptly swear falsely before any court-martial, touching and concerning any matter or thing cognizable before such court-martial, he shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-BRIBERY OF OFFICIALS
Sec. 94.  G.S. 14-217(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	If any person holding office under the laws of this State who, except in payment of his legal salary, fees or perquisites, shall receive, or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, anything of value or personal advantage, or the promise thereof, for performing or omitting to perform any official act, which lay within the scope of his official authority and was connected with the discharge of his official and legal duties, or with the express or implied understanding that his official action, or omission to act, is to be in any degree influenced thereby, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
Sec. 95.  G.S. 14-217(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	A person commits the offense of conspiracy to commit bribery as defined in subsection (a) when:
(1)	He or she agrees with one or more persons to commit bribery as  defined in subsection (a); and
(2)	He or she and at least one other person intend at the time of the agreement that it be carried out; and
(3)	He or she commits at least one overt act to carry out an object of the conspiracy.
A person cannot be convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery as defined in subsection (a)	unless all elements of this section are present and are alleged in the bill of indictment including a specific statement setting forth the overt act committed.  Conspiracy to commit bribery is a Class G felony."
––-OFFERING BRIBES
Sec. 96.  G.S. 14-218 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-218.  Offering bribes.
If any person shall offer a bribe, whether it be accepted or not, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BRIBERY OF JURORS
Sec. 97.  G.S. 14-220 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-220.  Bribery of jurors.
If any juror, either directly or indirectly, shall take anything from the plaintiff or defendant in a civil suit, or from any defendant in a State prosecution, or from any other person, to give his verdict, every such juror, and the person who shall give such juror any fee or reward to influence his verdict, or induce or procure him to make any gain or profit by his verdict, shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-BREAKING INTO JAILS WITH INTENT TO INJURE
Sec. 98.  G.S. 14-221 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-221.  Breaking or entering jails with intent to injure prisoners.
If any person shall conspire to break or enter any jail or other place of confinement of prisoners charged with crime or under sentence, for the purpose of killing or otherwise injuring any prisoner confined therein; or if any person shall engage in breaking or entering any such jail or other place of confinement of such prisoners with intent to kill or injure any prisoner, he shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-HARASSMENT OF AND COMMUNICATION WITH JURORS
Sec. 99.  G.S. 14-225.2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is guilty of a Class H felony. A person who commits the offense defined in subdivision (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-INTIMIDATING OR INTERFERING WITH WITNESSES
Sec. 100.  G.S. 14-226 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-226.  Intimidating or interfering with witnesses.
If any person shall by threats, menaces or in any other manner intimidate or attempt to intimidate any person who is summoned or acting as a witness in any of the courts of this State, or prevent or deter, or attempt to prevent or deter any person summoned or acting as such witness from attendance upon such court, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-BUYING AND SELLING OFFICES
Sec. 101.  G.S. 14-228 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-228.  Buying and selling offices.
If any person shall bargain away or sell an office or deputation of an office, or any part or parcel thereof, or shall take money, reward or other profit, directly or indirectly, or shall take any promise, covenant, bond or assurance for money, reward or other profit, for an office or the deputation of an office, or any part thereof, which office, or any part thereof, shall touch or concern the administration or execution of justice, or the receipt, collection, control or disbursement of the public revenue, or shall concern or touch any clerkship in any court of record wherein justice is administered; or if any person shall give or pay money, reward or other profit, or shall make any promise, agreement, bond or assurance for any of such offices, or for the deputation of any of them, or for any part of them, the person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-MAKING OF FALSE REPORT BY BANK EXAMINERS; BRIBES
Sec. 102.  G.S. 14-233 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-233.  Making of false report by bank examiners; accepting bribes.
If any bank examiner shall knowingly and willfully make any false or fraudulent report of the condition of any bank, which shall have been examined by him, with the intent to aid or abet the officers, owners, or agents of such bank in continuing to operate an insolvent bank, or if any such examiner shall keep or accept any bribe or gratuity given for the purpose of inducing him not to file any report of examination of any bank made by him, or shall neglect to make an examination of any bank by reason of having received or accepted any bribe or gratuity, he shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-FAILURE OF RAILROAD OFFICERS TO ACCOUNT
Sec. 103.  G.S. 14-253 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-253.  Failure of certain railroad officers to account with successors.
If the president and directors of any railroad company, and any person acting under them, shall, upon demand, fail or refuse to account with the president and directors elected or appointed to succeed them, and to transfer to them forthwith all the money, books, papers, choses in action, property and effects of every kind and description belonging to such company, they shall be guilty of a Class I felony.  All persons conspiring with any such president, directors or their agents to defeat, delay or hinder the execution of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished in like manner. The Governor is hereby authorized, at the request of the president, directors and other officers of any railroad company, to make requisition upon the governor of any other state for  the apprehension of any such president failing to comply with this section."
––-MALFEASANCE OF CORPORATION OFFICERS AND AGENTS
Sec. 104.  G.S. 14-254(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	If any president, director, cashier, teller, clerk or agent of any corporation shall embezzle, abstract or willfully misapply any of the moneys, funds or credits of the corporation, or shall, without authority from the directors, issue or put forth any certificate of deposit, draw any order or bill of exchange, make any acceptance, assign any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment or decree, or make any false entry in any book, report or statement of the corporation with the intent in either case to injure or defraud or to deceive any person, or if any person shall aid and abet in the doing of any of these things, he shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-PRISON BREACH AND ESCAPE FROM COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
Sec. 105.  G.S. 14-256 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-256.  Prison breach and escape from county or municipal confinement facilities or officers.
If any person shall break any prison, jail or lockup maintained by any county or municipality in North Carolina, being lawfully confined therein, or shall escape from the lawful custody of any superintendent, guard or officer of such prison, jail or lockup, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except that the person is guilty of a Class I felony if:
(1)	He has been convicted of a felony and has been committed to the facility pending transfer to the State prison system; or
(2)	He is serving a sentence imposed upon conviction of a felony."
––-CONVEYING MESSAGES AND WEAPONS TO OR TRADING WITH CONVICTS
Sec. 106.  G.S. 14-258 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-258.  Conveying messages and weapons to or trading with convicts and other prisoners.
If any person shall convey to or from any convict any letters or oral messages, or shall convey to any convict or person imprisoned, charged with crime and awaiting trial any weapon or instrument by which to effect an escape, or that will aid him in an assault or insurrection, or shall trade with a convict for his clothing or stolen goods, or shall sell to him any article forbidden him by prison rules, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony:  Provided, that when a murder, an assault or an escape is effected with the means furnished, the person convicted of furnishing the means shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPON IN PRISON
Sec. 107.  G.S. 14-258.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person while in the custody of the Division of Prisons, or any person under the custody of any local confinement facility as defined in G.S. 153A-217, who shall have in his possession without permission or authorization a weapon capable of inflicting serious bodily injuries or death, or who shall fabricate or create such a weapon from any source, shall be guilty of a Class H felony; and any person who commits any assault with such weapon and thereby inflicts bodily injury or by the use of said weapon effects an escape or rescue from imprisonment shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-TAKING OF HOSTAGE, ETC., BY PRISONER
Sec. 108.  G.S. 14-258.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-258.3.  Taking of hostage, etc., by prisoner.
Any prisoner in the custody of the Department of Correction, including persons in the custody of the Department of Correction pending trial or appellate review or for presentence diagnostic evaluation, or any prisoner in the custody of any local confinement facility (as defined in G.S. 153A-217), or any person in the custody of any local confinement facility (as defined in G.S. 153A-217) pending trial or appellate review or for any lawful purpose, who by threats, coercion, intimidation or physical force takes, holds, or carries away any person, as hostage or otherwise, shall be punished as a Class F felon. The provisions of this section apply to: (i) violations committed by any prisoner in the custody of the Department of Correction, whether inside or outside of the facilities of the North Carolina Department of Correction; (ii) violations committed by any prisoner or by any other person lawfully under the custody of any local confinement facility (as defined in G.S. 153A-217), whether inside or outside the local confinement facilities (as defined in G.S. 153A-217)."
––-WILLFUL INJURY TO PROPERTY OF RAILROADS
Sec. 109.  G.S. 14-278 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-278.  Willful injury to property of railroads.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully, with intent to cause injury to any person passing over the railroad or damage to the equipment traveling on such road, put or place any matter or thing upon, over or near any railroad track, or destroy, injure, tamper with, or remove the roadbed, or any part thereof, or any rail, sill or other part of the fixtures appurtenant to or constituting or supporting any portion of the track of such railroad, and the person so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-SHOOTING OR THROWING AT TRAINS OR PASSENGERS
Sec. 110.  G.S. 14-280 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-280.  Shooting or throwing at trains or passengers.
If any person shall willfully cast, throw or shoot any stone, rock, bullet, shot, pellet or other missile at, against, or into any railroad car, locomotive or train, or any person thereon, while such car or locomotive shall be in progress from one station to another, or while such car, locomotive or train shall be stopped for any purpose, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-DISPLAYING FALSE LIGHTS ON SEASHORE
Sec. 111.  G.S. 14-282 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-282.  Displaying false lights on seashore.
If any person shall make or display, or cause to be made or displayed, any false light or beacon on or near the seacoast, for the purpose of deceiving and misleading masters of vessels, and thereby putting them in danger of shipwreck, he shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-DUMPING OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Sec. 112.  G.S. 14-284.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	It shall be unlawful to deposit, place, dump, discharge, spill, release, burn, incinerate, or otherwise dispose of any toxic substances as defined in this section or radioactive material as defined in G.S. 104E-5 into the atmosphere, in the waters, or on land, except where such disposal is conducted pursuant to federal or State law, regulation, or permit. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class F felony. The fine authorized by G.S. 14-1.1(a)(8) for a conviction under this section may include a fine of up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation."
––-RIOT; INCITING TO RIOT; PUNISHMENTS
Sec. 113.  G.S. 14-288.2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any person who willfully engages in a riot is guilty of a Class H felony, if:
(1)	In the course and as a result of the riot there is property damage in excess of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) or serious bodily injury; or
(2)	Such participant in the riot has in his possession any dangerous weapon or substance."
Sec. 114.  G.S. 14-288.2(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Any person who willfully incites or urges another to engage in a riot, and such inciting or urging is a contributing cause of a riot in which there is property damage in excess of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) or serious bodily injury, shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-LOOTING; TRESPASS DURING EMERGENCY
Sec. 115.  G.S. 14-288.6(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who commits the crime of trespass during emergency and, without legal justification, obtains or exerts control over, damages, ransacks, or destroys the property of another is guilty of the felony of looting and shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-WEAPON OF MASS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Sec. 116.  G.S. 14-288.8(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class F felony."
––-ASSAULT ON EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; PUNISHMENTS
Sec. 117.  G.S. 14-288.9(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any person who commits an assault upon emergency personnel is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in G.S. 14-3(a). Any person who commits an assault upon emergency personnel with or through the use of any dangerous weapon or substance shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-CERTAIN WEAPONS AT CIVIL DISORDERS
Sec. 118.  G.S. 14-288.20(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A person is guilty of a Class H felony, if he:
(1)	Teaches or demonstrates to any other person the use, application, or making of any firearm, explosive or incendiary device, or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, knowing or having reason to know or intending that the same will be unlawfully employed for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder; or
(2)	Assembles with one or more persons for the purpose of training with, practicing with, or being instructed in the use of any firearm, explosive or incendiary device, or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, intending to employ unlawfully the training, practicing, instruction, or technique for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder."
––-BINGO
Sec. 119.  G.S. 14-309.5(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	It is lawful for an exempt organization to conduct bingo games in accordance with the provisions of this Part.  Any licensed exempt organization who conducts a bingo game in violation of any provision of this Part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-292 and shall be punished in accordance with G.S. 14-3.  Upon conviction such person shall not conduct a bingo game for a period of one year.  It is lawful to participate in a bingo game conducted pursuant to this Part.  It shall be a Class I felony for any person: (i) to operate a bingo game without a license; (ii) to operate a bingo game while license is revoked or suspended; (iii) to willfully misuse or misapply any moneys received in connection with any bingo game; or (iv) to contract with or provide consulting services to any licensee.  It shall not constitute a violation of any State law to advertise a bingo game conducted in accordance with this Part."
––-BEACH BINGO
Sec. 120.  G.S. 14-309.14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-309.14.  Beach bingo.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to 'beach bingo' games except for the following subdivisions:
 	(1)	No beach bingo game may offer a prize having a value greater than ten dollars ($10.00).  Any person offering a greater than ten-dollar ($10.00) but less than fifty-dollar ($50.00) prize is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Any person offering a prize of fifty dollars ($50.00) or greater is guilty of a Class I felony.
(b)	(2)	No beach bingo game may be held in conjunction with any other lawful bingo game, with any 'promotional bingo game', or with any offering of an opportunity to obtain anything of value, whether for valuable consideration or not.  No beach bingo game may offer free bingo games as a promotion, for prizes or otherwise.  Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.
(c)	G.S. 18B-308 shall apply to beach bingo games.
(d)	Upon conviction under any provision of this section, such person shall not conduct a bingo game for a period of at least one year."
––-CHILD ABUSE A FELONY
Sec. 121.  G.S. 14-318.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-318.4.  Child abuse a felony.
(a)	A parent or any other person providing care to or supervision of a child less than 16 years of age who intentionally inflicts any serious physical injury upon or to the child or who intentionally commits an assault upon the child which results in any serious physical injury to the child is guilty of a Class E felony.
(a1)	Any parent of a child less than 16 years of age, or any other person providing care to or supervision of the child, who commits, permits, or encourages any act of prostitution with or by the juvenile is guilty of child abuse and shall be punished as a Class E felon.
(a2)	Any parent or legal guardian of a child less than 16 years of age who commits or allows the commission of any sexual act upon a juvenile is guilty of a Class E felony.
(b)	The felony of child abuse is an offense additional to other civil and criminal provisions and is not intended to repeal or preclude any other sanctions or remedies."
––-TRANSPORTING CHILD OUTSIDE THE STATE
Sec. 122.  G.S. 14-320.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-320.1.  Transporting child outside the State with intent to violate custody order.
When any federal court or state court in the United States shall have awarded custody of a child under the age of 16 years, it shall be a felony for any person with the intent to violate the court order to take or transport, or cause to be taken or transported, any such child from any point within this State to any point outside the limits of this State or to keep any such child outside the limits of this State. Such crime shall be punishable as a Class I felony. Provided that keeping a child outside the limits of the State in violation of a court order for a period in excess of 72 hours shall be prima facie evidence that the person charged intended to violate the order at the time of taking."
––-POISONOUS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Sec. 123.  G.S. 14-329(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who, either individually or as agent for any person, firm or corporation, shall, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know of the poisonous qualities thereof, transport for other than personal use, sell or possess for purpose of sale, for use as a beverage, any spirituous liquor which is found to contain any foreign properties or ingredients poisonous to the human system, shall be punished as a Class F felon."
––-ANIMAL FIGHTS AND ANIMAL BAITING.
Sec. 124.  G.S. 14-362.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	A person who commits an offense under subsection (a) within three years after being convicted of an offense under this section is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-ALTERING THE BRANDS OF AND MISBRANDING ANOTHER'S LIVESTOCK
Sec. 125.  G.S. 14-367 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-367.  Altering the brands of and misbranding another's livestock.
If any person shall knowingly alter or deface the mark or brand of any other person's horse, mule, ass, neat cattle, sheep, goat, or hog, or shall knowingly mismark or brand any such beast that may be unbranded or unmarked, not properly his own, with intent to defraud any other person, the person so offending shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-BRIBERY OF PLAYERS, MANAGERS, COACHES, REFEREES, ETC.
Sec. 126.  G.S. 14-373 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-373.  Bribery of players, managers, coaches, referees, umpires or officials.
If any person shall bribe or offer to bribe or shall aid, advise, or abet in any way another in such bribe or offer to bribe, any player or participant in any athletic contest with intent to influence his play, action, or conduct and for the purpose of inducing the player or participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost any athletic contest or to limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest; or if any person shall bribe or offer to bribe or shall aid, advise, or abet in any way another in such bribe or offer to bribe, any referee, umpire, manager, coach, or any other official or an athletic club or team, league, association, institution or conference, by whatever name called connected with said athletic contest with intent to influence his decision or bias his opinion or judgment for the purpose of losing or trying to lose or causing to be lost said athletic contest or of limiting or trying to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-ACCEPTANCE OF BRIBES BY PLAYERS, MANAGERS, COACHES, ETC.
Sec. 127.  G.S. 14-374 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-374.  Acceptance of bribes by players, managers, coaches, referees, umpires or officials.
If any player or participant in any athletic contest shall accept, or agree to accept, a bribe given for the purpose of inducing the player or participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest; or if any referee, umpire, manager, coach, or any other official of an athletic club, team, league, association, institution,  or conference connected with an athletic contest shall accept or agree to accept a bribe given with the intent to influence his decision or bias his opinion or judgment and for the purpose of losing or trying to lose or causing to be lost said athletic contest or of limiting or trying to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-INTENTIONAL LOSING OF ATHLETIC CONTEST OR POINT-SHAVING
Sec. 128.  G.S. 14-377 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-377.  Intentional losing of athletic contest or limiting margin of victory or defeat.
If any player or participant shall commit any willful act of omission or commission, in playing of an athletic contest, with intent to lose or try to lose or to cause to be lost or to limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest for the purpose of material gain to himself, or if any referees, umpire, manager, coach, or other official of an athletic club, team, league, association, institution or conference connected with an athletic contest shall commit any willful act of omission or commission connected with his official duties with intent to try to lose or to cause to be lost or to limit or try to limit the margin of victory or defeat in such contest for the purpose of material gain to himself, such person shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-LITTERING
Sec. 129.  G.S. 14-399(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Any person who violates this section in an amount exceeding 500 pounds or in any quantity for commercial purposes, or who discards litter that is a hazardous waste as defined in G.S. 130A-290 is guilty of a Class I felony.  In addition, the court may order the violator to:
(1)	Remove, or render harmless, the litter that he discarded in violation of this section;
(2)	Repair or restore property damaged by, or pay damages for any damage arising out of, his discarding litter in violation of this section; or
(3)	Perform community public service relating to the removal of litter discarded in violation of this section or to the restoration of an area polluted by litter discarded in violation of this section."
––-DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN FOOD AT HALLOWEEN
Sec. 130.  G.S. 14-401.11(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Penalties.
(1)	Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(1):
a.	Where the actual or possible effect on a person eating the food or substance was or would be limited to mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
b.	Where the actual or possible effect on a person eating the food or substance was or would be greater than mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be punished as a Class H felon.
(2)	Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(2) shall be punished as a Class F felon.
(3)	Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(3) shall be punished as a Class C felon."
––-MACHINE GUNS AND OTHER LIKE WEAPONS
Sec. 131.  G.S. 14-409(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-MACHINE GUNS AND OTHER LIKE WEAPONS
Sec. 132.  G.S. 14-409.9(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY FELON PROHIBITED
Sec. 133.  G.S. 14-415.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of any crime set out in subsection (b) of this section to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care, or control any handgun or other firearm with a barrel length of less than 18 inches or an overall length of less than 26 inches, or any weapon of mass death and destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.8(c), within five years from the date of such conviction, or the unconditional discharge from a correctional institution, or termination of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole upon such conviction, whichever is later.
Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as a Class H felon.
Nothing in this subsection would prohibit the right of any person to have possession of a firearm within his own home or on his lawful place of business."
––-RECORD AND TAPE PIRACY
Sec. 134.  G.S. 14-437(a)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	A Class I felony, which may include a fine of not more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), if the offense involves at least 1,000 unauthorized sound recordings or at least 100 unauthorized audio visual recordings during any 180-day period or is a second or subsequent conviction under either subdivision (1) or (2) of this section;"
––-VIOLATIONS OF PERMIT PROVISIONS
Sec. 135.  G.S. 20-30(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	To sell or offer for sale any reproduction or facsimile or simulation of a driver's license or learner's permit. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to agents or employees of the Division while acting in the course and scope of their employment.  Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR
Sec. 136.  G.S. 15A-343(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A violation of this section is a Class I felony if:
(1)	The violator was released in connection with a felony charge against him; or
(2)	The violator was released under the provisions of G.S. 15A-536."
––-MAKING FALSE AFFIDAVITS PERJURY
Sec. 137. G.S. 20-31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-31.  Making false affidavits perjury.
Any person who shall make any false affidavit, or shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely, to any matter or thing required by the terms of this Article to be sworn to or affirmed shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-UNLAWFUL TO ISSUE LICENSES FOR ANYTHING OF VALUE
Sec. 138.  G.S. 20-34.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-34.1.  Unlawful to issue licenses for anything of value except prescribed fees.
It shall be unlawful for any employee of the Division of Motor Vehicles to charge or accept any money or other thing of value except the fees prescribed by law for the issuance of a driver's license, and the fact that the license is not issued after said employee charges or accepts money or other thing of value shall not constitute a defense to a criminal action under this section. In a prosecution under this section it shall not be a defense to show that the person giving the money or other thing of value or the person receiving the license or intended to receive the same is entitled to a license under the Uniform Driver's License Act. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)."
––-REPRODUCING OR POSSESSING BLANK CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
Sec. 139.  G.S. 20-71(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	It shall be unlawful for any person with fraudulent intent to  reproduce or possess a blank North Carolina certificate of title or facsimile thereof. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING STOLEN VEHICLES
Sec. 140.  G.S. 20-106 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-106.  Receiving or transferring stolen vehicles.
Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, receives or transfers possession of the same from or to another, or who has in his possession any vehicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such officer shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH RENTAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Sec. 141.  G.S. 20-106.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-106.1.  Fraud in connection with rental of motor vehicles.
Any person with the intent to defraud the owner of any motor vehicle or a person in lawful possession thereof, who obtains possession of said vehicle by agreeing in writing to pay a rental for  the use of said vehicle, and further agreeing in writing that the said vehicle shall be returned to a certain place, or at a certain time, and who willfully fails and refuses to return the same to the place and at the time specified, or who secretes, converts, sells or attempts to sell the same or any part thereof shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-SUBLEASE AND LOAN ASSUMPTION ARRANGING
Sec. 142.  G.S. 20-106.2(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	An offense under subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section is a Class I felony."
––-ALTERING OR CHANGING ENGINE OR OTHER NUMBERS
Sec. 143.  G.S. 20-109(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	It shall be unlawful and constitute a felony for:
(1)	Any person to willfully deface, destroy, remove, cover, or alter the manufacturer's serial number, transmission number, or engine number; or
(2)	Any vehicle owner to knowingly permit the defacing, removal, destroying, covering, or alteration of the serial number, transmission number, or engine number; or
(3)	Any person except a licensed vehicle manufacturer as authorized by law to place or stamp any serial number, transmission number, or engine number upon a vehicle, other than one assigned thereto by the Division; or
(4)	Any vehicle owner to knowingly permit the placing or stamping of any serial number or motor number upon a motor vehicle, except such numbers as assigned thereto by the Division.
A violation of this subsection shall be punishable as a Class I felony."
––-MAKING FALSE AFFIDAVIT PERJURY
Sec. 144.  G.S. 20-112 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-112.  Making false affidavit perjury.
Any person who shall knowingly make any false affidavit or shall knowingly swear or affirm falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this Article to be sworn or affirmed to shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-SMOKE SCREENS
Sec. 145.  G.S. 20-136(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-HABITUAL IMPAIRED DRIVING
Sec. 146.  G.S. 20-138.5(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A person convicted of violating this section shall be punished as a Class I.  Sentences imposed under this subsection shall run consecutively with and shall commence at the expiration of any sentence being served."
––-FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY VEHICLE
Sec. 147.  G.S. 20-141.4(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Punishments. – Felony death by vehicle is a Class G felony. misdemeanor death by vehicle is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court."
––-DUTY TO STOP IN EVENT OF ACCIDENT OR COLLISION.
Sec. 148.  G.S. 20-166(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The driver of any vehicle who knows or reasonably should know:
(1)	That the vehicle which he is operating is involved in an accident or collision; and
(2)	That the accident or collision has resulted in injury or death to any person;
shall immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision. He shall remain at the scene of the accident until a law-enforcement officer completes his investigation of the accident or collision or authorizes him to leave; Provided, however, that he may leave to call for a law-enforcement officer or for medical assistance or medical treatment as set forth in (b), but must return to the accident scene within a reasonable period of time. A willful violation of this subsection shall be punished as a Class H felony."
––-FALSE AFFIDAVITS
Sec. 149.  G.S. 20-279.31(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1)	Any person who makes a false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter under G.S. 20-279.5, 20-279.6, or 20-279.7 is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-UNLAWFUL CHANGE OF MILEAGE
Sec. 150.  G.S. 20-350 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-350.  Criminal offense.
Any person, firm or corporation violating G.S. 20-343 shall be guilty of a Class I felony.  A violation of any remaining provision of this Article shall be a misdemeanor."
––-FALSE SWEARING; PENALTY
Sec. 151.  G.S. 23-43 reads as rewritten:
"§ 23-43. False swearing; penalty.
If any insolvent or imprisoned debtor takes any oath prescribed in this chapter falsely and corruptly, that person is guilty of a Class I felony, and he shall never after have any of the benefits of this chapter, but may be sued and imprisoned as though he had never been discharged."
––-COMPENSATION FOR PLACING OR ARRANGING PLACEMENT OF CHILD
Sec. 152.  G.S. 48-37 reads as rewritten:
"§ 48-37.  Compensation for placing or arranging placement of child for adoption prohibited.
No person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other organization, except a licensed child-placing agency as defined by G.S. 48-2(4), or a county department of social services, shall offer or give, charge or accept any fee, compensation, consideration or thing of value for receiving or placing, arranging the placement of, or assisting in placing or arranging the placement of, any child for adoption.  Provided, that the adoptive parents may pay the reasonable and actual medical expenses incurred by the biological mother incident to the birth of the child, and provided that in the petition for adoption the adoptive parents must disclose the amount of these payments and must represent that there were no gifts or payments of, or promises to give or pay, any other fee, compensation, consideration, or thing of value such as is prohibited by this section.  The act of preparing and filing the adoption proceeding before the court shall not be construed as receiving or placing, arranging the placement of, or assisting in placing or arranging the placement of, any child for adoption.  Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction or plea of guilty shall be fined or imprisoned or both at the discretion of the court.  Any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a second or subsequent violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class H felony which may include a fine not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."
––-EXAMINER MAKING FALSE REPORT
Sec. 153.  G.S. 53-124 reads as rewritten:
"§ 53-124.  Examiner making false report.
If any bank examiner shall knowingly and willfully make any false or fraudulent report of the condition of any bank, which shall have been examined by him, with the intent to aid or abet the officers, owners, or agents of such bank in continuing to operate an insolvent bank, or if any such examiner shall keep or accept any bribe or gratuity given for the purpose of inducing him not to file any report of examination of any bank made by him, or shall neglect to make an examination of any bank by reason of having received or accepted any bribe or gratuity, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-MISAPPLICATION, EMBEZZLEMENT OF FUNDS, ETC
Sec. 154.  G.S. 53-129 reads as rewritten:
"§ 53-129.  Misapplication, embezzlement of funds, etc.
Whoever being an officer, employee, agent or director of a bank, with intent to defraud or injure the bank, or any person or corporation, or to deceive an officer of the bank or an agent appointed to examine the affairs of such bank, embezzles, abstracts, or misapplies any of the money, funds, credit or property of such bank, whether owned by it or held in trust, or who, with such intent,  willfully and fraudulently issues or puts forth a certificate of deposit, draws an order or bill of exchange, makes an acceptance, assigns a note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, decree or fictitiously borrows or solicits, obtains or receives money for a bank not in good faith, intended to become the property of such bank; or whoever being an officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank, makes or permits the making of a false statement or certificate, as to a deposit, trust fund or contract, or makes or permits to be made a false entry in a book, report, statement or record of such bank, or conceals or permits to be concealed by any means or manner, the true and correct entries of said bank, or its true and correct transactions, who knowingly loans, or permits to be loaned, the funds or credit of any bank to any insolvent company or corporation, or corporation which has ceased to exist, or which never had any existence, or upon collateral consisting of stocks or bonds of such company or corporation, or who makes or publishes or knowingly permits to be made or published a false report, statement or certificate as to the true financial condition of such bank, shall be punished as a Class H felon."
––-MAKING FALSE ENTRIES IN BANKING ACCOUNTS
Sec. 155.  G.S. 53-130 reads as rewritten:
"§ 53-130.  Making false entries in banking accounts; misrepresenting assets and liabilities of banks.
If any person shall willfully and knowingly subscribe to, or make, or cause to be made, any false statement or false entry in the books of any bank, or shall knowingly subscribe to or exhibit false papers, with intent to deceive any person authorized to examine into the affairs of such bank, or shall willfully and knowingly make, state or publish any false statement of the amount of the assets or liabilities of any bank, he shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-FALSE CERTIFICATION OF A CHECK
Sec. 156.  G.S. 53-131 reads as rewritten:
"§ 53-131.  False certification of a check.
Whoever, being an officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank, certifies a check drawn on such bank, and willfully fails to forthwith charge the amount thereof against the account of the drawer thereof, or willfully certifies a check drawn on such bank unless the drawer of such check has on deposit with the bank an amount of money subject to the payment of such check and equivalent to the amount therein specified, shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)."
––-RECEIVING DEPOSITS IN INSOLVENT BANKS
Sec. 157.  G.S. 53-132 reads as rewritten:
"§ 53-132.  Receiving deposits in insolvent banks.
Any person, being an officer or employee of a bank, who receives, or being an officer thereof, permits an employee to receive money, checks, drafts, or other property as a deposit therein when he has knowledge that such bank is insolvent, shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).  Provided, that in any indictment hereunder, insolvency shall not be deemed to include insolvency as defined under  paragraph d of subdivision (3) in the definition of insolvency under G.S. 53-1."
––-MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND ASSETS
Sec. 158.  G.S. 58-7-50(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The removal from this State of all or a material part of the records or assets of a domestic insurer that has its home or principal office outside this State except pursuant to a plan of merger or consolidation approved by the Commissioner under or for such reasonable purposes and periods of time as may be approved by the Commissioner in writing in advance of such removal, or concealment of such records or assets or material part thereof from the Commissioner is prohibited. Any person who, without the prior approval of the Commissioner, removes or attempts to remove such records or assets or such material part thereof from the office or offices in which they are required to be kept and maintained under subsection (a) of this section or who conceals or attempts to conceal such records from the Commissioner, in violation of this subsection, shall be guilty of a Class I felony. Upon any removal or attempted removal of such records or assets or upon retention of such records or assets or material part thereof outside this State, beyond the period therefor specified in the consent of the Commissioner under which consent the records were so removed thereat, or upon concealment of or attempt to conceal records or assets in violation of this section, the Commissioner may institute delinquency proceedings against the insurer pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 of this Chapter."
––-INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANIES
Sec. 159.  G.S. 58-19-50(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer or any director, officer, employee, or agent thereof has knowingly and willfully committed a violation of this Article, the Commissioner may cause criminal proceedings to be instituted by the Superior Court of Wake County against such insurer or the responsible director, officer, employee, or agent thereof.  Any insurer that knowingly and willfully violates this Article may be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).  Any individual who knowingly and willfully violates this Article is guilty of a Class I felony."
Sec. 160.  G.S. 58-19-50(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Any officer, director, or employee of an insurance holding company system who knowingly and willfully subscribes to or makes or causes to be made any false statements or false reports or false filings with the intent to deceive the Commissioner in the performance of his duties under this Article, is guilty of a Class I felony.  Any fines imposed shall be paid by the officer, director, or employee in his individual capacity."
––-FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES; PENALTIES
Sec. 161.  G.S. 58-24-180(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Any person who willfully makes any false statement under oath in any verified report or declaration that is required by law from fraternal benefit societies, is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-WILLFUL FAILURE TO PAY GROUP INSURANCE PREMIUMS
Sec. 162.  G.S. 58-50-40(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Any insurance fiduciary who violates subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-COLLECTION AGENCIES
Sec. 163.  G.S. 58-70-1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58-70-1.  Permit from Commissioner of Insurance; penalty for violation; exception.
No person, firm, corporation, or association shall conduct or operate a collection agency or do a collection agency business, as the same is hereinafter defined in this Article, until he or it shall have secured a permit therefor as provided in this Article.  Any person, firm, corporation or association conducting or operating a collection agency or doing a collection agency business without the permit shall be guilty of a Class I felony.  Any officer or agent of any person, firm, corporation or association, who shall personally and knowingly participate in any violation of the remaining provisions of this Part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require a regular employee of a duly licensed collection agency in this State to procure a collection agency permit."
––-MONTHLY REPORT REQUIRED; BONDSMEN
Sec. 164.  G.S. 58-71-165 reads as rewritten:
"§ 58-71-165.  Monthly report required.
Each professional bail bondsman and surety bondsman shall file with the Commissioner of Insurance a written report in form prescribed by the Commissioner regarding all bail bonds on which the bondsman is liable as of the first day of each month showing (i)	each individual bonded, (ii) the date the bond was given, (iii) the principal sum of the bond, (iv) the State or local official to whom given, and (v) the fee charged for the bonding service in each instance.  The report shall be filed on or before the fifteenth day of each month.  Within the same time, a copy of this written report must also be filed with the clerk of superior court in any county in which the bondsman is obligated on bail bonds.  Any person who knowingly and willfully falsifies a report required by this section is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-EMBEZZLEMENT OF C.O.D. SHIPMENTS
Sec. 165.  G.S. 62-273 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62-273. Embezzlement of C.O.D. shipments.
Property received by any motor carrier to be transported in intrastate commerce and delivered upon collection on such delivery and remittance to the shipper of the sum of money stated in the shipping instructions to be collected and remitted to the shipper, and the money collected upon delivery of such party, is hereby declared to be held in trust by any carrier having possession thereof or the carrier making the delivery or collection, and upon failure of any such carrier to account for the property so received, either to the shipper to whom the collection is payable or the carrier making delivery to any carrier handling the property or making the collection, within 15 days after demand in writing by the shipper, or carrier, or upon failure of the delivering carrier to remit the sum so directed to be collected and remitted to the shipper, within 15 days after collection is made, shall be prima facie evidence that the property so received, or the funds so received, has been wilfully converted by such carrier to its own use, and the carrier so offending shall be guilty of a Class H felony and such carrier may be indicted, tried, and punished in the county in which such shipment was delivered to the carrier or in any other county into or through which such shipment was transported by such carrier."
––-TAKING OF AIRCRAFT MADE CRIME OF LARCENY
Sec. 166.  G.S. 63-25 reads as rewritten:
"§ 63-25. Taking of aircraft made crime of larceny.
Any person who, under circumstances not constituting larceny shall, without the consent of the owner, take, use or operate or cause to be taken, used or operated, an airplane or other aircraft or its equipment, for his own profit, purpose or pleasure, steals the same, is guilty of a Class H felony."
––-OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WHILE IMPAIRED
Sec. 167.  G.S. 63-27(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Punishment. – A person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than two years or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both.  Provided, however, for a second and all subsequent convictions of this section, a person shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-INJURY BY OPERATION OF AN AIRCRAFT WHILE IMPAIRED
Sec. 168.  G.S. 63-28(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Punishment.–Violation of this section is a Class F felony."
––-FAILURE TO DEPOSIT TRUST FUNDS
Sec. 169.  G.S. 65-71(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Except as provided in this subsection, a person violating any provisions of this Article, of any order or rule promulgated under this Article, or of any license issued by the Commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined, imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court.  Each failure to deposit funds in a trust fund in accordance with this Article is a separate offense.  A person who has failed to deposit funds in a trust fund in accordance with this Article and whose delinquent deposits equal or exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a Class I felony."
––-BOND AND TRUST ACCOUNT REQUIRED
Sec. 170.  G.S. 66-135(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Violations of subsections (a) or (b) of this section shall constitute a Class I felony."
––-CREDIT REPAIR BUSINESS
Sec. 171.  G.S. 66-225(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	The violation of any provision of this Article shall constitute an unfair trade practice under G.S. 75-1.1 and the violation of any provision of this Article shall constitute a Class I felony."
––-ANTITRUST INVESTIGATIONS; FALSE SWEARING
Sec. 172.  G.S. 75-12 reads as rewritten:
"§ 75-12. Refusal to furnish information; false swearing.
Any corporation or person unlawfully refusing or willfully  neglecting to furnish the information required by this Chapter, when it is demanded as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000): Provided, that if any corporation or person shall in writing notify the Attorney General that it objects to the time or place designated by him for the examination or inspection provided for in this Chapter, it shall be his duty to apply to a justice or judge of the appellate or superior court division, who shall fix an appropriate time and place for such examination or inspection, and such corporation or person shall, in such event, be guilty under this section only in the event of its failure, refusal or neglect to appear at the time and place so fixed by the judge and furnish the information required by this Chapter. False swearing by any person examined under the provisions of this Chapter is a Class I felony."
––-MEDICAL WASTE
Sec. 173.  G.S. 75A-18(d)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	Willfully violates G.S. 75A-10(d) and in so doing releases medical waste that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the offense is guilty of a Class F felony which may include a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per day of violation."
––-RICO FALSE TESTIMONY
Sec. 174.  G.S. 75D-7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 75D-7.  False testimony.
False testimony as to any material fact by any person examined under the provisions of this Chapter shall constitute perjury and a conviction shall be punishable as in other cases of perjury as a Class "F felony."
––-NAVIGABLE WATERS; CERTAIN PRACTICES REGULATED
Sec. 175.  G.S. 76-40(a1)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	A person who willfully violates this subsection and in so doing releases medical waste that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the offense is guilty of a Class F felony which may include a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per day of violation."
––-REMEDIES FOR VIOLATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY
Sec. 176.  G.S. 78C-78(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	An athlete agent commits an offense if the agent knowingly violates G.S. 78C-72(a) or G.S. 78C-76.  An offense under this subsection shall be punished as a Class I felony."
––-REGISTRAR REQUIRED; PROJECT BROKER
Sec. 177.  G.S. 93A-58(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A time share registrar shall be guilty of a Class I felony if he knowingly or recklessly fails to record or cause to be recorded a time share instrument as required by this Article.
A person responsible as general partner, corporate officer, joint venturer or sole proprietor of the developer of a time share project shall be guilty of a Class I felony if he intentionally allows the offering for sale or the sale of time share to purchasers without first designating a time share registrar."
––-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TRADE SECRET INFORMATION
Sec. 178.  G.S. 95-197(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The Commissioner of Labor and the Fire Chief shall protect from disclosure any or all information coming into either or both of their possession when such information is marked by the employer as confidential, and they shall return all information so marked to the employer at the conclusion of their determination by the Commissioner of Labor.  Any person who has access to any hazardous substance trade secret solely pursuant to this section and who discloses it knowing it to be a hazardous substance trade secret to any person not authorized to receive it shall be guilty of a Class I felony, and if knowingly or negligently disclosed to any person not authorized, shall be subject to civil action for damages and injunction by the owner of the hazardous substance trade secret, including, without limitation, actions under Article 24 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes."
––-FORGING OR COUNTERFEITING REVENUE STAMPS
Sec. 179.  G.S. 105-113.34 reads as rewritten:
"§ 105-113.34.  Forging or counterfeiting revenue stamps.
Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes, forges, alters or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be falsely or fraudulently made, forged, altered or counterfeited, any stamps prepared or prescribed by the Secretary under the authority of this Article, or who knowingly and wilfully utters, publishes, passes or tenders as true, any such false, altered, forged or counterfeited stamps for the purpose of evading the tax levied by this Article, shall be guilty of a Class I felony, which may include a fine not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
If any person secures, manufactures or causes to be secured, or manufactured, or has in his possession any stamp or any counterfeit impression device not prescribed or authorized by the Secretary, such person shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-PENALTIES FOR TAX LAW VIOLATIONS
Sec. 180.  G.S. 105-236(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	Attempt to Evade or Defeat Tax. – Any person who willfully attempts, or any person who aids or abets any person to attempt in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this Subchapter of the General Statutes, or the payment thereof, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)."
Sec. 181.  G.S. 105-236(9a) reads as rewritten:
"(9a)	Aid or Assistance. – Any person, pursuant to or in connection with the revenue laws, who willfully aids, assists in, procures, counsels, or advises the preparation, presentation, or filing of a return, affidavit, claim, or any other document that he knows is fraudulent or false as to any material matter, whether or not the falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the person authorized or required to present or file the return, affidavit, claim, or other document, shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."
––-DENIAL, REVOCATION, AND SUSPENSION OF LICENSE
Sec. 182.  G.S. 106-145.6(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Criminal Sanctions. – It is unlawful to engage in wholesale distribution in this State without a wholesale distributor license or to violate any other provision of this Article.  A person who violates this Article commits a Class H felony.  A fine imposed for a violation of this Article may not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)."
––-SALE OF TUBERCULAR ANIMAL A FELONY
Sec. 183.  G.S. 106-350 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-350.  Sale of tubercular animal a felony.
Any person or persons who shall willfully and knowingly sell or otherwise dispose of any animal or animals known to be affected with tuberculosis without permission as provided for in G.S. 106-338 shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-DAMAGING DIPPING VATS A FELONY
Sec. 184.  G.S. 106-363 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-363.  Damaging dipping vats a felony.
Any person or persons who shall willfully damage or destroy by any means any vat erected, or in the process of being erected, as provided for tick eradication, shall be guilty of a Class H felony."
––-ISSUANCE OF FALSE COMMODITY RECEIPT A FELONY
Sec. 185.  G.S. 106-443 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-443.  Issuance of false receipt a felony; punishment.
The manager of any warehouse, or any agent, employee, or servant, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt for cotton or other agricultural commodity without knowing that such cotton or other agricultural commodity has actually been placed in the warehouse under the control of the manager thereof shall be guilty of a Class I felony, which may include a fine not exceeding 10 times the market value of the cotton or other agricultural commodity thus represented as having been stored."
––-INSPECTION OF PACKING PLANT; BRIBERY
Sec. 186.  G.S. 106-549.26 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-549.26.  Inspection of establishment; bribery of or malfeasance of inspector.
The Commissioner or his authorized representative shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, fallow deer, horses, mules, and other equines the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this and the subsequent Article and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Board and said Board shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this and the subsequent Article, and all inspections and examinations made under this Article shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said Board not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article and as directed by the Commissioner or his authorized representative.  Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, or any other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this and the subsequent Article or by the rules and regulations of the Board or by the Commissioner or his authorized representative any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, or other officer or employee of this State in the discharge of any duty herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and any inspector, or other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this Article who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a Class I felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and may be punished by a fine not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."
––-FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION
Sec. 187.  G.S. 108A-53(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person, whether provider or recipient or person representing himself as such, who knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain by means of making a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or by failing to disclose material facts or in any manner not authorized by this Part or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, transfers with intent to defraud any food stamps or authorization cards to which he is not entitled in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Whoever knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain by means of making a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or by failing to disclose material facts or in any manner not authorized by this Part or the regulations issued pursuant thereto, transfers with intent to defraud any food stamps or authorization cards to which he is not entitled in an amount more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
––-PROTECTION OF PATIENT PROPERTY
Sec. 188.  G.S. 108A-60(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A violation of subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be a  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. A violation of subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be a Class H felony."
––-TAKING POLLUTED SHELLFISH
Sec. 189.  G.S. 113-209(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).    Upon conviction of any person for a violation of this section, the court shall order the confiscation of all weapons, equipment, vessels, vehicles, conveyances, fish, and other evidence, fruit, and instrumentalities of the offense.  The confiscated property shall be disposed of in accordance with G.S. 113-137."
––-BRIBERY, ETC
Sec. 190.  G.S. 120-86(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Violation of subsection (a) or (b) is a Class F felony. Violation of subsection (c) is not a crime but is punishable under G.S. 120-103."
––-CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LAW
Sec. 191.  G.S. 130A-26.1(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	Any person who knowingly and willfully does any of the following shall be guilty of a Class I felony, which may include a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues:
(1)	Transports or causes to be transported any hazardous waste identified or listed under G.S. 130A-294(c) to a facility which does not have a permit or interim status under G.S. 130A-294(c) or 42 U.S.C. § 6921, et seq.
(2)	Transports or causes to be transported such hazardous waste with the intent of delivery to a facility without a permit.
(3)	Treats, stores, or disposes of such hazardous waste without a permit or interim status under G.S. 130A-294(c) or 42 U.S.C. § 6921, et seq., or in knowing violation of any material condition or requirement or such permit or applicable interim status rules."
Sec. 192.  G.S. 130A-26.1(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Any person who knowingly and willfully does any of the following shall be guilty of a Class I felony, which may include a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation, provided that the fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues:
(1)	Transports or causes to be transported hazardous waste without a manifest as required under G.S. 130A-294(c).
(2)	Transports hazardous waste without a United States Environmental Protection Agency identification number as required by rules promulgated under G.S. 130A-294(c).
(3)	Omits material information or makes any false material statement or representation in any application, label, manifest, record, report, permit, or other document filed, maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with rules promulgated under G.S. 130A-294(c).
(4)	Generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, exports, or otherwise handles any hazardous waste or any used oil burned for energy recovery and who knowingly destroys, alters, conceals, or fails to file any record, application, manifest, report, or other document required to be maintained or filed for purposes of compliance with rules promulgated under G.S. 130A-294(c)."
Sec. 193.  G.S. 130A-26.1(i)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	Any person who knowingly transports, treats, stores, disposes of, or exports any hazardous waste or used oil regulated under G.S. 130A-294(c) in violation of subsection (f) or (g) of this section, who knows at the time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or personal bodily injury shall be guilty of a Class C felony which may include a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues."
––-CERTAIN VACCINE DIVERSIONS MADE FELONY
Sec. 194.  G.S. 130A-431 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-431.  Certain vaccine diversions made felony.
Any person who (i)	receives a vaccine designated by the manufacturer for use in the State, (ii) directly or indirectly diverts the vaccine to a location outside the State, and (iii) directly or indirectly profits as a result of this diversion, is guilty of a Class I felony.  The fine shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per dose of the diverted vaccine or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), whichever is less.  A health care professional convicted of a Class I felony pursuant to this section who is found by the court to have diverted more than 300 doses of covered vaccine shall have his license suspended for one year."
––-BID-RIGGING
Sec. 195.  G.S. 133-31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 133-31.  Perjury; punishment.
Any person who shall willfully commit perjury in any affidavit taken pursuant to this Article or rules pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-MALFEASANCE OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF DOT
Sec. 196.  G.S. 136-13(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be cause for forfeiture of public office and shall be a Class H felony which may include a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value whichever is greater."
––-DOT CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGULATIONS
Sec. 197.  G.S. 136-14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-14.  Members not eligible for other employment with Department; no sales to Department by employees; members not to sell or trade property with Department; profiting from official position.
No member of the Board of Transportation shall be eligible to any other employment in connection with the Department of Transportation, and no member of the Board of Transportation or any salaried employee of the Department of Transportation shall furnish or sell any supplies or materials, directly or indirectly, to the Department of Transportation, nor shall any member of the Board of Transportation, directly or indirectly, engage in any transaction involving the sale of or trading of real or personal property with the Department of Transportation, or profit in any manner by reason of his official action or his official position, except to receive such salary, fees and allowances as by law provided. Violation of this section shall be a Class I felony which may include a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or three times the value of the transaction."
––-NO BID COLLUSION
Sec. 198.  G.S. 143-54 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-54. Certification that bids were submitted without collusion. 
The Director of Administration shall require bidders to certify that each bid is submitted competitively and without collusion. False certification is a Class I felony."
––-DOA/ABC CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGULATIONS
Sec. 199.  G.S. 143-63 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-63.  Financial interest of officers in sources of supply; acceptance of bribes.
Neither the Secretary of Administration, nor any assistant of his, nor any member of the Advisory Budget Commission shall be financially interested, or have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of, or contract for, any materials, equipment or supplies, nor in any firm, corporation, partnership or association furnishing any such supplies, materials or  equipment to the State government, or any of its departments, institutions or agencies, nor shall such Secretary, assistant, or member of the Commission accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation to whom any contract may be awarded, by rebate, gifts or otherwise, any money or anything of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation or contract for future reward or compensation.  Any violation of this section shall be deemed a Class F felony.  Upon conviction thereof, any such Secretary, assistant or member of the Commission shall be removed from office."
––-PROHIBITED DISPOSAL OF MEDICAL WASTE
Sec. 200.  G.S. 143-214.2A(c)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	A person who willfully violates this section and in so doing releases medical waste that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the offense is guilty of a Class F felony which may include a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per day of violation."
––-WATER QUALITY: CRIMINAL PENALTIES
Sec. 201.  G.S. 143-215.6B(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any (i) classification, standard, or limitation established in rules adopted by the Commission pursuant to G.S. 143-214.1, 143-214.2, or 143-215; (ii) term, condition, or requirement of a permit issued pursuant to this Part, including permits issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1, pretreatment permits issued by local governments, and laboratory certifications; or (iii) term, condition, or requirement of a special order or other appropriate document issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.2; and any person who knowingly and willfully fails to apply for or to secure a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1 shall be guilty of a Class I felony, which may include a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues.  For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase 'knowingly and willfully' shall mean intentionally and consciously as the courts of this State, according to the principles of common law interpret the phrase in the light of reason and experience."
Sec. 202.  G.S. 143-215.6B(h)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	Any person who knowingly violates any: (i) classification, standard, or limitation established in rules adopted by the Commission pursuant to G.S. 143-214.1, 143-214.2, 143-215; (ii) term, condition, or requirement of a permit issued pursuant to this Part, including permits issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1, pretreatment permits issued by local governments, and laboratory certifications; or (iii) term, condition, or requirement of a special order or other appropriate document issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.2; and any person who knowingly fails to apply for or to secure a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1 and who knows at that time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury shall be guilty of a Class C felony, which may include a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues."
Sec. 203.  G.S. 143-215.6B(j) is repealed.
––-HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: CRIMINAL PENALTIES
Sec. 204.  G.S. 143-215.88B(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Any person who knowingly and willfully discharges or causes or permits the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances in violation of this Part shall be guilty of a Class H felony which may include a fine to be not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues.  For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase 'knowingly and willfully' shall mean intentionally and consciously as the courts of this State, according to the principles of common law interpret the phrase in the light of reason and experience."
Sec. 205.  G.S. 143-215.88B(f)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	Any person who knowingly discharges or causes or permits the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances in violation of this Part, and who knows at that time that he places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury shall be guilty of a Class C felony which may include a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues."
––-AIR QUALITY: CRIMINAL PENALTIES
Sec. 206.  G.S. 143-215.114B(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any classification, standard, or limitation established in the rules of the Commission pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107 or any term, condition, or requirement of a permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.108 or of a special order or other appropriate document issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.110, shall be guilty of a Class H felony, which may include a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues.  For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase 'knowingly and willfully' shall mean intentionally and consciously as the courts of this State, according to the principles of common law, interpret the phrase in the light of reason and experience."
Sec. 207.  G.S. 143-215.114B(h)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	Any person who knowingly violates any classification, standard, or limitation established in the rules of the Commission pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107 or any term, condition, or requirement of a permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.108 or of a special order or other appropriate document issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.110 and who knows at that time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury shall be guilty of a Class C felony, which may include a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per day of violation, provided that this fine shall not exceed a cumulative total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each period of 30 days during which a violation continues."
Sec. 208.  G.S. 143-215.114B(j) is repealed.
––-ESCAPING OR ATTEMPTING ESCAPE FROM PRISON
Sec. 209.  G.S. 148-45(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person in the custody of the Department of Correction in any of the classifications hereinafter set forth who shall escape or attempt to escape from the State prison system, shall for the first such offense, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, be guilty of a Class I felony:
(1) 	A prisoner serving a sentence imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor;
(2) 	A person who has been charged with a misdemeanor and who has been committed to the custody of the Department of Correction under the provisions of G.S. 162-39;
(3) 	Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 226, s. 4, effective May 23, 1985.
(4) 	A person who shall have been convicted of a misdemeanor and who shall have been committed to the Department of Correction for presentence diagnostic study under the provisions of G.S. 15A-1332(c)."
Sec. 210.  G.S. 148-45(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person in the custody of the Department of Correction, in any of the classifications hereinafter set forth, who shall escape or attempt to escape from the State prison system, shall, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, be punished as a Class I felon.
(1) 	A prisoner serving a sentence imposed upon conviction of a felony;
(2) 	A person who has been charged with a felony and who has been committed to the custody of the Department of Correction under the provisions of G.S. 162-39;
(3) 	Repealed by Session Laws 1985, c. 226, s. 5, effective May 23, 1985.
(4) 	A person who shall have been convicted of a felony and who shall have been committed to the Department of Correction for presentence diagnostic study under the provisions of G.S. 15A-1332(c); or
(5) 	Any person previously convicted of escaping or attempting to escape from the State prison system."
––-INFLICTION OF SELF-INJURY TO PRISONER
Sec. 211.  G.S. 148-46.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 148-46.1.  Inflicting or assisting in infliction of self injury to prisoner resulting in incapacity to perform assigned duties.
Any person serving a sentence or sentences within the State prison system who, during the term of such imprisonment, willfully and intentionally inflicts upon himself any injury resulting in a permanent or temporary incapacity to perform work or duties assigned to him by the State Department of Correction, or any prisoner who aids or abets any other prisoner in the commission of such offense, shall be punished as a Class I felon."
––-ABSENTEE BALLOT LAW
Sec. 212. G.S. 163-237(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Fraud in Connection with Absentee Vote; Forgery. – Any person  attempting to aid and abet fraud in connection with any absentee vote  cast or to be cast, under the provisions of this Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Attempting to vote by fraudulently signing the name of a regularly qualified voter is a Class I felony."
––-CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Sec. 213.  G.S. 163-278.53 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-278.53.  Criminal punishment.
Any individual, person, candidate, political committee, or treasurer who willfully and intentionally violates any of the provisions of this Article, shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
Sec. 214. This act becomes effective January 1, 1994, and applies to offenses occurring on or after that date.  Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.