A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for the willful and wanton injury to personal property or real property.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑160 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑160.  Willful and wanton injury to personal property; punishments.
(a)	If any person shall wantonly and willfully injure the personal property of another he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
(b)	Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if any person shall wantonly and willfully injure the personal property of another, causing damage, the person shall be guilty of an offense punishable as follows:
(1)	If the damage is more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), but is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(2)	If the damage is more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), but is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less, the person shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.
(3)	If the damage is more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the person shall be guilty of a Class I felony.
(c)	This section applies to injuries to personal property without regard to whether the property is destroyed or not."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑127 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑127.  Willful and wanton injury to real property.
If any person shall willfully and wantonly damage, injure or destroy any real property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, the person shall be guilty of an offense punishable as follows:
(1)	If the damage is two hundred dollars ($200.00) or less, the person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
(2)	If the damage is more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), but is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(3)	If the damage is more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), but is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less, the person shall be guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.
(4)	If the damage is more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the person shall be guilty of a Class I felony."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.