GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 616

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/25/09

Short Title:        Offense for Portable Toilets/Pumper Trucks.	(Public)
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March 17, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to create the offense of LARCENY, DESTRUCTION, DEFACEMENT, OR VANDALISM OF PORTABLE TOILETS OR PUMPER TRUCKS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 16 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 14‑86.2.  Larceny, destruction, defacement, or vandalism of portable toilets or pumper trucks.

If any person steals, takes from its temporary location or from any person having the lawful custody thereof, or destroys, defaces, or vandalizes, a chemical or portable toilet as defined in G.S. 130A‑290, or a pumper truck that is operated by a septage management firm that is permitted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources under G.S. 130A‑291.1, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.