A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create the criminal offense of robbery with an apparent firearm.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The catch line for G.S. 14‑87 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑87.  Robbery with firearms, apparent firearms, or other dangerous weapons."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑87 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	Any person or persons who, having in the person's possession or with the use or threatened use of any replica, article, or device which a reasonable person would believe to be a firearm or other deadly weapon, whereby a reasonable person under the circumstances would believe that his or her life was endangered or threatened, unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another or from any place of business, residence, or banking institution or any other place where there is a person or persons in attendance, at any time, either day or night, or who aids or abets any such person or persons in the commission of such crime, shall be guilty of a Class D felony."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.