GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

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HOUSE BILL 1536

Short Title:     Manufacture Meth/Endanger Children.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Haire, Kiser (Primary Sponsors);  Barnhart, England, Frye, Gillespie, Glazier, Insko, Justus, Lewis, Moore, Parmon, and Steen.
Referred to:	Judiciary IV.

May 20, 2004

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make it an aggravating factor to manufacture methamphetamine in a location that endangers a child as recommended by the joint legislative corrections, crime control, and juvenile justice oversight committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A-1340.16(d) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(16a) The offense is the manufacture of methamphetamine and was committed where a person under the age of 18 lives, was present, or was otherwise endangered by-exposure to the drug, its ingredients, its by-products, or its waste."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2004, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.