GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 113

Short Title:  False Bomb Alarm/Felony.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Albertson; Jordan, Warren, and Perdue.
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Referred to:  Courts.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR MAKING FALSE BOMB REPORTS TO CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES AND FOR USING A FALSE BOMB TO CREATE A SCARE IN THESE FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-69.1, as amended by Sections 32 and 1162 of Chapter 539 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-69.1.  Making a false report concerning destructive device.
(a)	If any person makes a report, by any means of communication to any person or group of persons, knowing or having reason to know the report to be false, that there is located in any building, house, or other structure whatsoever or any vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or boat any device designed to destroy or damage the building, house, or structure or vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or boat by explosion, blasting, or burning, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b)	If any person makes a report, by any means of communication to any person or group of persons, knowing or having reason to know the report to be false, that there is located in any facility listed below any device designed to destroy or damage the facility by explosion, blasting, or burning, the person shall, upon a first conviction, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by a minimum of 100 hours of mandatory community service.  Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this subsection, the person shall be guilty of a Class I felony.  This subsection applies to the following facilities:
(1)	A hospital facility as defined in G.S. 131E-6, which includes a health clinic facility.
(2)	A building owned or maintained by the State or a unit of local government and used for carrying out a function of the State, a State agency, a unit of local government, or a local government agency.
(3)	A school or other educational facility.
(4)	An industrial plant as defined in G.S. 20-376."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-69.2, as amended by Section 33 of Chapter 539 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-69.2.  Perpetrating hoax by use of false bomb or other device.
(a)	If any person, with intent to perpetrate a hoax, secretes, places, or displays any device, machine, instrument, or artifact, so as to cause any person reasonably to believe the item to be a bomb or other device capable of causing injury to persons or property, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b)	A violation of subsection (a) of this section that occurs in a facility listed below is, upon a first conviction, a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by a minimum of 100 hours of mandatory community service.
This subsection applies to the following facilities:
(1)	A hospital facility as defined in G.S. 131E-6, which includes a health clinic facility.
(2)	A building owned or maintained by the State or a unit of local government and used for carrying out a function of the State, a State agency, a unit of local government, or a local government agency.
(3)	A school or other educational facility.
(4)	An industrial plant as defined in G.S. 20-376.
(c)	A second or subsequent conviction under this section is a Class I felony."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.