GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	4
SENATE BILL 833
Judiciary I Committee Substitute Adopted 4/23/01
 House Committee Substitute Favorable 5/17/01
Fourth Edition Engrossed 5/29/01

Short Title:	Possessing False ID to Get Liquor.	()	
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April 3, 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 ANY FORM OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHEN UNDERAGE. 

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 or manufacture a false or fraudulent form of identification, that person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b)	For purposes of this section, a 'form of identification' shall include all of the following or any replica thereof:
(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 or any other state.
(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(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Fraudulent Use of Identification. – It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or attempt to enter a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or to obtain or attempt to obtain alcoholic  beverages, or to obtain or attempt to obtain permission to purchase alcoholic beverages, in violation of subsection (b) of this section, by using or attempting to  use any of the following:
(1)	A fraudulent or altered  drivers license.
(2)	A fraudulent or altered identification document other than a  drivers license.
(3)	A  drivers license issued to another  person.
(4)	An identification document other than a  drivers license issued to another person.
(5)	Any other form or means of identification that indicates or symbolizes that the person is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing alcoholic beverages under this section."
SECTION 3.  G. S. 18B‑302(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f)	Allowing Use of Identification. – It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the use of  the person's drivers license or any other form of identification  of any kind issued or given to that person, by any other person who violates or attempts to violate subsection (b) of this section."
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.