GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-379
HOUSE BILL 1256
AN ACT to create the criminal offense of larceny of a motor vehicle part.
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:
"§ 14-72.8. Felony larceny of motor vehicle parts.
Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, larceny of a motor vehicle part is a Class I felony if the cost of repairing the motor vehicle is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more.
For purposes of this section, the cost of repairing a motor vehicle means the cost of any replacement part and any additional costs necessary to install the replacement part in the motor vehicle."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of July, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 12:08 p.m. this 31st day of July, 2009