A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the penalty for larceny if a person uses an emergency exit door to leave a retail establishment with stolen property.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑72.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d2)	Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, any person who violates subsection (a) of this section by exiting a retail establishment through an emergency door is guilty of a Class H felony if the exit door is installed and maintained to comply with Federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration rules requiring retailers to provide emergency exit doors that must remain unlocked."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.