| 13 | | - | AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE F OR POSSESSING CERTAI N 2 |
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| 14 | | - | EXPLOSIVE OR INCENDIARY DEVICES OR MATERIAL. 3 |
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| 15 | | - | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | | - | SECTION 1. G.S. 14-49 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | | - | "§ 14-49. Malicious use of explosive or incendiary; punishment. 6 |
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| 18 | | - | (a) Any person who willfully and maliciously injures another by the use of any explosive 7 |
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| 19 | | - | or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class D felony. 8 |
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| 20 | | - | (b) Any person who willfully and maliciously damages any real or personal property of 9 |
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| 21 | | - | any kind or nature belonging to another by the use of any explosive or incendiary device or 10 |
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| 22 | | - | material is guilty of a Class G felony. 11 |
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| 23 | | - | (b1) Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, aids, counsels, or procures the 12 |
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| 24 | | - | damaging of any church, chapel, synagogue, mosque, masjid, or other building of worship by the 13 |
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| 25 | | - | use of any explosive or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class E felony. 14 |
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| 26 | | - | (b2) Any person who willfully and maliciously damages, aids, counsels, or procures the 15 |
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| 27 | | - | damaging of the State Capitol, the Legislative Building, the Justice Building, or any building 16 |
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| 28 | | - | owned or occupied by the State or any of its agencies, institutions, or subdivisions or by any 17 |
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| 29 | | - | county, incorporated city or town, or other governmental entity by the use of any explosive or 18 |
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| 30 | | - | incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class E felony. 19 |
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| 31 | | - | (c) Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 539, s. 1149, effective October 1, 1994. 20 |
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| 32 | | - | (d) Any person who possesses any explosive or incendiary device or material with the 21 |
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| 33 | | - | intent to violate this section is guilty of a Class H felony." 22 |
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| 34 | | - | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 23 |
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| 35 | | - | committed on or after that date. 24 |
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| 13 | + | AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR POSSESSING ANY EXPLOSIVE 2 |
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| 14 | + | OR INCENDIARY DEVICE OR MATERIAL IF CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE T HE 3 |
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| 15 | + | DEVICE OR MATERIAL WILL BE USED TO COMMIT A CRIME. 4 |
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| 16 | + | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 1. G.S. 14-49 reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 18 | + | "§ 14-49. Malicious use of explosive or incendiary; punishment. 7 |
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| 19 | + | (a) Any person who possesses any explosive or incendiary device or material when the 8 |
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| 20 | + | circumstances indicate some probability that such device or material will be so used to violate 9 |
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| 21 | + | this section is guilty of a Class H felony. 10 |
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| 22 | + | (a1) Any person who willfully and maliciously injures another by the use of any explosive 11 |
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| 23 | + | or incendiary device or material is guilty of a Class D felony. 12 |
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| 24 | + | …." 13 |
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| 25 | + | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 14 |
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| 26 | + | committed on or after that date. 15 |
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