GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 751
     

 
Short Title:	No Drugs at Preschool Ed. Sites.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Thomas;  Albertson, Carter, Cunningham, Forrester, Harris, Robinson, Swindell, and Weinstein.	
Referred to:	Judiciary I.	
April 2, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the punishment for drug offenses committed at or near preschool EDUCATIONAL program sites.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90‑95(e)(8) reads as rewritten:
"(8)	Any person 21 years of age or older who commits an offense under G.S. 90‑95(a)(1) on property used for a preschool educational program, or for an elementary or secondary school or within 300 feet of the boundary of real property used for a preschool educational program, or for an elementary or secondary school shall be punished as a Class E felon. For purposes of this subdivision, the transfer of less than five grams of marijuana for no remuneration shall not constitute a delivery in violation of G.S. 90‑95(a)(1). For purposes of this subdivision, a preschool educational program shall include Smart Start programs, Head Start programs, and any other similar educational programs."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.