GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 113
Select Committee on Courts Committee Substitute Adopted 2/24/94

Short Title:  False Bomb Alarm/Felony.	(Public)
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Referred to: Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR MAKING FALSE BOMB REPORTS AND FOR USING A FALSE BOMB TO CREATE A SCARE.
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.  If the sentence is suspended upon conditions of probation, a minimum of 100 hours of community service must be a condition of probation.  Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this section, the person shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
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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.  If the sentence is suspended upon conditions of probation, a minimum of 100 hours of community service must be a condition of probation.  Upon a second or subsequent conviction under this section, the person shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
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Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.