A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for DAMAGING A PUBLIC BUILDING with AN EXPLOSIVE OR INCENDIARY DEVICE OR MATERIAL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑49 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑49.  Malicious use of explosive or incendiary; punishment.
(a)	Any person who willfully and maliciously injures 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 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.
(b1)	Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, aids, counsels, or procures the damaging of any church, chapel, synagogue, mosque, masjid, or other building of worship by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class E felony.
(b2)	Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, aids, counsels, or procures the damaging 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 entity by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class E felony.
(c)	Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 539, s. 1149."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.