A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to include breaking and entering with the intent to terrorize as a habitual breaking and entering status offense.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑7.25 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑7.25.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1)	"Breaking and entering." – The term means any of the following felony offenses:
a.	First degree burglary (G.S. 14‑51).
b.	Second degree burglary (G.S. 14‑51).
c.	Breaking out of dwelling house burglary (G.S. 14‑53).
d.	Breaking or entering buildings generally (G.S. 14‑54(a)).
d1.	Breaking or entering with intent to terrorize or injure an occupant of the building (G.S. 14‑54(a1)).
e.	Breaking or entering a building that is a place of religious worship (G.S. 14‑54.1).
f.	Any repealed or superseded offense substantially equivalent to any of the offenses in sub‑subdivision a., b., c., d., or e. of this subdivision.
g.	Any offense committed in another jurisdiction substantially similar to any of the offenses in sub‑subdivision a., b., c., d., or e. of this subdivision.
(2)	"Convicted." – The person has been adjudged guilty of or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest to the offense of breaking and entering.
(3)	"Status offender." – A person who is a habitual breaking and entering status offender as described in G.S. 14‑7.26."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.