A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the criminal penalty for the offense of continuing criminal enterprise under chapter 14 of the general statutes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑7.20(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall be punished as a Class C felon and in addition shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (b) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.