GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 769

Short Title:  Amend Larceny of Ginseng.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Foxx; Allran, Carpenter, Carrington, Cochrane, East, Forrester, Garwood, Hartsell, Horton, Odom, Purcell, Rucho, Shaw of Guilford, Webster, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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April 6, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.