AN ACT to amend the felony offense of Breaking or entering.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑54 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑54.  Breaking or entering buildings generally.
(a)	Any person who breaks or enters any building with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein shall be punished as a Class H felon.
(a1)	Any person who breaks or enters any building with intent to terrorize or injure an occupant of the building is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b)	Any person who wrongfully breaks or enters any building is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(c)	As used in this section, "building" shall be construed to include any dwelling, dwelling house, uninhabited house, building under construction, building within the curtilage of a dwelling house, and any other structure designed to house or secure within it any activity or property."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:29 p.m. this 12th day of June, 2013