Bill Text: NC S252 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-12 - Ch. SL 2013-90 [S252 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S252-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SENATE BILL 252
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for certain violations of the controlled substances act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90‑108(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Any person who
violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Provided, that
if the criminal pleading alleges that the violation was committed
intentionally, and upon trial it is specifically found that the violation was
committed intentionally, such violations shall be a Class I felony.felony
unless one of the following applies:
(1) A person who violates subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of this section and also fortifies the structure, with the intent to impede law enforcement entry, (by barricading windows and doors) shall be punished as a Class I felon.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (14) of subsection (a) of this section shall be punished as a Class G felon."
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 5th day of June, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2013
