GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-128
HOUSE BILL 233

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM NEAR AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN VANCE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to discharge a firearm in the direction of a school within 1,000 feet of an elementary or secondary  school except when used in the defense of person or property or when used pursuant to the lawful direction of law enforcement officers.
Section 2.  This act applies only to Vance County.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives