AN ACT to make it a criminal offense to loiter in the city of roanoke rapids or the town of fremont for the purpose of violating the controlled substance Laws.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1(a) of S.L. 2007‑42 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.(a)  Definition. – The following definitions apply in this section:
(1)	Public place. – Any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility, or the doorways and entranceways to any building which fronts on any of those places, or a motor vehicle in or on any of those places, or any property owned by the Town of Columbia, the Town of Fremont, the City of Brevard, and the City of Roanoke Rapids.
(2)	Quasi‑public place. – Any ground abutting a public place."
SECTION 2.  Section 2 of S.L. 2007‑42 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Town of Columbia, the Town of Fremont, the City of Brevard, and the City of Roanoke Rapids."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives