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House Legislative Day 1 5 Vol. 201 1 , No. 1 5 Senate Legislative Day 1 5
Monday, February 21, 201 1
Table of Contents
Summaries of Bills Filed _ 1
Public Bills _ 1
Local Bills _ 5
Action on Bills _ 5
Summaries of Amendments and Committee Substitutes _ 9
Index by Keyword _ 9
Notes _ 9
Next Sessions _ 1 0
SUMMARIES OF BILLS FILED
Public Bills
HOUSE BILLS
H 149. TERRORISM/STATE OFFENSE. Filed
2/21/1
1 . TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF
TERRORISM.
Amends GS Chapter 14 by creating new Article 36C, entitled Terrorism, enacting GS 14-288.25 through GS
14-288.29. Defines an act of terrorism as an act of violence committed with the intent to intimidate the civilian
population at large or to influence, through intimidation, the conduct or activities of the government of the United
States, a state, a county, or a city. New GS 1 4-288.26 makes it a Class B1 felony to commit or conspire to
commit, or aid and abet the commission of an act of terrorism if the base offense of the act is a Class B1 or Class
A felony. Also makes it a Class C felony to commit or conspire to commit or aid and abet the commission of an
act of terrorism if the base offense is a Class B2 felony or a lesser offense. It is a Class D felony to solicit, invite,
recruit, encourage, or otherwise cause or attempt to cause another to participate in an act of terrorism. New GS
14-288.27 makes it a violation of new GS 14-288.26 to recklessly assist, or provide land or other resources or aid
in the training of anyone intending to commit an act of terrorism. New GS 1 4-288.28 sets forth the factors that
may constitute probable cause for search and seizure of the evidence of criminal activity related to unlawful
paramilitary activity, acts of terrorism, or a continuing criminal enterprise within a closed community compound,
which is defined in new GS 1 4-288.25(4) as a community with limited public access reputed to be bound together
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