GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 946
     

 
Short Title:	Possession/Manufacture of Fraudulent IDs.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Eddins.	
Referred to:	Judiciary III.	
April 2, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE POSSESSION or manufacture OF FRAUDULENT FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION AN OFFENSE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-100.1.  Possession or manufacture of fraudulent forms of identification.
(a)	If any person shall knowingly and designedly possess a false or fraudulent form of identification, that person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b)	If any person shall knowingly and designedly manufacture a false or fraudulent form of identification, that person shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
(c)	For purposes of this section a "form of identification" shall include all of the following:
(1)	An operator's, chauffeur's, commercial driver's, or similar type of drivers license containing a picture, issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles or an equivalent agency in any state.
(2)	An identification card containing a picture, issued by any department, agency, or subdivision of the State of North Carolina.
(3)	A military identification card containing a picture.
(4)	A passport.
(5)	An alien registration card containing a picture.
(6)	Any form of identification containing a picture."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.