GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 577

SENATE BILL 721

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE STATUTES WHICH PROHIBIT DAMAGE TO RAILROADS AND THEIR PROPERTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-278 is amended as follows:

(1)       by deleting the language "If any person shall unlawfully and willfully" and substituting the language "It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully"; and (2)    by inserting the word "and" between the last comma and the word "the".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-279 is rewritten to read:

"Any person who, without intent to cause injury to any person or damage to equipment, commits any of the acts referred to in G.S. 14-278 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 14-280 is amended by deleting the words "and unlawfully".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1985.