GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	3
SENATE BILL 465
Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 4/3/01
Third Edition Engrossed 4/24/01

Short Title:	Shoot Into Property Felony.	()	
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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 a firearm into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other conveyance, that is not occupied is guilty of a Class I felony, unless that person owns or lawfully has control of that property, or has the express permission of the person who owns or lawfully has control of that property."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.