GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 636

 

 

Short Title:        Amend Financial Transaction Card Theft.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Haire (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Judiciary.

April 6, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that the criminal penalty for the theft of any financial transaction card shall be the same as the criminal penalty for the theft of a credit card which is a Class I felony.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.         G.S. 14‑113.9(b) reads as rewritten: 

"(b)      Credit Financial transaction card theft is punishable as provided by G.S. 14‑113.17(b)."

SECTION 2.         This act becomes effective September 1, 2011, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.