GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	3 

HOUSE BILL 160
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/4/95
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 4/26/95

Short Title:  Local Drug-Free Housing.	(Local)

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government II.

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February 9, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE A DRUG-FREE PUBLIC HOUSING ZONE BY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENSES NEAR PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE CITIES OF ASHEVILLE, EAST SPENCER, LUMBERTON, NEW BERN, RALEIGH, SALISBURY, AND WASHINGTON, AND THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, DUPLIN, GRAHAM, HAYWOOD, JACKSON, MADISON, AND SWAIN COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-95(e) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(10)	Any person 21 years of age or older who commits an offense under G.S. 90-95(a)(1) on property owned, leased, or managed by a housing authority (as defined in G.S. 157-3) or within 300 feet of the boundary of real property owned, leased, or managed by a housing authority shall be punished as a Class E felon.  For purposes of this subdivision, the transfer of less than five grams of marijuana for no remuneration shall not constitute a delivery in violation of G.S. 90-95(a)(1)."
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the Cities of Asheville, East Spencer, Lumberton, New Bern, Raleigh,  Salisbury, and Washington, and the Counties of Cumberland, Duplin, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, and Swain.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.