GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 946
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/25/01

Short Title:	Possession/Manufacture of Fraudulent IDs.	()	
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April 2, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE POSSESSION OR MANUFACTURE OF FRAUDULENT FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION AN OFFENSE AND TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO POSSESS FRAUDULENT IDENTIFICATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE PREMISES OF AN ALCOHOL PERMITTEE OR OBTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

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 1 misdemeanor.
(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."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 18B‑302 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(e1)	Fraudulent Possession of Identification. – It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or to display fraudulent identification, as defined in subdivisions (e)(1) through (e)(4) of this section, while attempting to obtain alcoholic beverages or while attempting to obtain or obtaining permission to purchase alcoholic beverages from a permittee."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.