GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 697

Short Title:        Shoot Firearm Near School/Increase Penalty.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative R. Moore (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

April 11, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make it unlawful to discharge a firearm within one thousand feet of the boundary of real property used for an elementary or secondary school.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 35 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 14-277.6.  Discharging certain barreled weapons or a firearm within certain proximity of educational property.

Any person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge any firearm or barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second within 1,000 feet of the boundary of real property used for an elementary or secondary school is guilty of a Class I felony."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.