NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 767

SENATE BILL 747

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT THAT DECALS MUST BE POSTED ON CERTAIN MACHINES WARNING THAT BREAKING INTO THOSE MACHINES IS A CRIME.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-56.1 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the second paragraph thereof to read:

"The absence of such a decal is not a defense to a prosecution for the crime described in this section."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-56.3 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the second paragraph thereof to read:

"The absence of such a decal is not a defense to a prosecution for the crime described in this section."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1979.