GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-107
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE FELONY OFFENSE OF LARCENY OF GINSENG.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 14-79 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-79. Larceny of ginseng.
If any person shall take and carry away, or shall aid in
taking or carrying away, any ginseng growing upon the lands of another person, with
intent to steal the same, he shall be punished as a Class H felon:
Provided, that such ginseng, at the time the same is taken, shall be in beds
and the land upon which such beds are located shall be surrounded by a lawful
fence. felon."
Section 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of May, 1999.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 2:05 p.m. this 27th day of May, 1999