NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 191

HOUSE BILL 210

AN ACT MAKING IT A CRIME FOR ANY PERSON TO WILLFULLY TRESPASS UPON OR DAMAGE A PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 22 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 14-132.2.  Willfully trespassing upon or damaging a public school bus. — (a) Any person who shall unlawfully and willfully demolish, destroy, deface, injure, burn or damage any public school bus or public school activity bus shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars($500.00), imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

(b)        Any person who shall enter a public school bus or public school activity bus after being forbidden to do so by the authorized school bus driver in charge thereof, or the school principal to whom the public school bus or public school activity bus is assigned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

(c)        Any occupant of a public school bus or public school activity bus who shall refuse to leave said bus upon demand of the authorized driver in charge thereof, or upon demand of the principal of the school to which said bus is assigned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.

(d)        Subsection (b) and (c) of this act shall not apply to a child less than 12 years of age, or authorized professional school personnel."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on August 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1975.