Bill Summary for H 670 (2017-2018)

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Apr 10 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 670 (Public) Filed Monday, April 10, 2017
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR COMMUNICATING A THREAT OF MASS VIOLENCE ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY OR AT A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, TO PROVIDE FOR CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF THOSE OFFENSES WHEN THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY, AND TO REQUIRE A JUDGE TO SET CONDITIONS OF RELEASE FOR THOSE OFFENSES.
Intro. by Faircloth.

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Enacts new GS 14-277.6, making it a Class H felony for any person who, by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, makes a threat that an act of mass violence is going to occur on education property or at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school. Defines educational property, mass violence, and school. Requires that the threat be made in a manner and under circumstances that a reasonable person would believe the threat to be credible. Authorizes the court to order a person convicted under this new statute to pay restitution, including costs and consequential damages resulting from the disruption of the normal activity that would have otherwise occurred on the premises but for the false report, pursuant to Article 81C of GS Chapter 15A. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.