A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create the criminal offense of breaking or entering a building that is a place of RELIGIOUS worship.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 14 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑54.1.  Breaking or entering a building that is a place of religious worship.
(a)	Any person who wrongfully breaks or enters any building that is a place of religious worship with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein is guilty of a Class G felony, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section.
(b)	A person is guilty of a Class F felony if:
(1)	The person breaks or enters two or more buildings that are places of religious worship; or
(2)	The person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a) of this section. 
(c)	As used in this section, a "building that is a place of religious worship" shall be construed to include any church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, or mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place for religious worship."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.