A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create the criminal offense of unauthorized use of a laser device towards an aircraft.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 36 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑280.2.  Use of a laser device towards an aircraft.
(a)	Any person who, willfully points a laser device at an aircraft, while the device is emitting a laser beam, and while the aircraft is taking off, landing, in flight, or otherwise in motion, is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b)	The following definitions apply to this section:
(1)	"Aircraft" is as defined in G.S. 63‑1.
(2)	"Laser" is as defined in G.S. 14‑34.8."SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.