GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 908

Short Title:  Robbery with Chemical Agent.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Gillespie; Baker, Buchanan, Capps, Culp, Eddins, Esposito, Gardner, Holmes, Howard, Kiser, McLawhorn, Melton, Mitchell, Morris, Neely, Owens, Preston, Rayfield, Setzer, Smith, Thomas, and Walend.

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Referred to:  Judiciary III.

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April 5, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF ROBBERY WITH A CHEMICAL AGENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 17 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-87.2.  Robbery with a dangerous chemical agent.
(a)	Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person who commits robbery and who displays, uses, or who possesses and threatens to use a dangerous chemical at the time of the robbery is guilty of a Class E felony.
(b)	Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who aids or abets another person in a violation of this section is guilty of a Class E felony.
(c)	The following definitions apply in this section:
(1)	Robbery. – As defined at common law.
(2)	Dangerous chemical. – Any chemical agent that causes incapacitation by impairment to vision or respiration, or that acts as a skin irritant including:  mace, tear gas, and pepper spray."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.