GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 689
Second Edition Engrossed 4/28/93
Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 7/23/93

Short Title:  Third Degree Trespass.	(Local)
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March 31, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW OFFENSE OF THIRD DEGREE TRESPASS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 22B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:
"§ 14-159.13A.  Third degree trespass.
(a)	Offense. – A person commits the offense of third degree trespass if, without written authorization, the person enters or remains on the premises of another for the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, or operating an all-terrain vehicle.
(b)	Classification. – Third degree trespass is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or both."
Sec. 2. Chapter 252 of the 1991 Session Laws  and Chapter 862 of the 1992 Session Laws are repealed.
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective December 1, 1993, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective December 1, 1993.  Prosecutions for offenses occurring before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the laws that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.