GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 465

 
 
Short Title:	Shoot Into Unoccupied Property/Felony.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Robinson;  Albertson, Ballance, Carter, Dalton, Garrou, Gulley, Hoyle, Jordan, Moore, Odom, Purcell, Shaw of Guilford, and Weinstein.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
March 15, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISCHARGE A FIREARM INTO AN UNOCCUPIED BUILDING, VEHICLE, OR OTHER ENCLOSURE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑34.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑34.1.  Discharging certain barreled weapons or a firearm into property.
(a)	Any person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge:
(1)	Any barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second; or
(2)	A firearm into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other conveyance, device, equipment, erection, or enclosure while it is occupied is guilty of a Class E felony.
(b)	Any person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge a firearm into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other conveyance, device, equipment, erection, or enclosure that is not occupied is guilty of a Class G felony."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.