A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO make it UNLAWFUL for any person to falsify, or direct another to falsify, a highway construction inspection report or test report required by the DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION.  
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑13.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136‑13.2.  Falsifying highway inspection reports.
(a)	Any person who knowingly falsifies any inspection report or test report required by the Department of Transportation in connection with the construction of highways, shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
(b)	Any person who directs a subordinate under his direct or indirect supervision to falsify an inspection report or test report required by the Department of Transportation in connection with the construction of highways, shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
(c)	Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 786, s. 2, effective May 8, 1979."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.