§ 14-280.2. Use of a laser device towards an aircraft.
§ 14‑280.2. Use of alaser device towards an aircraft.
(a) Any person who,willfully points a laser device at an aircraft, while the device is emitting alaser beam, and while the aircraft is taking off, landing, in flight, orotherwise in motion, is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b) The followingdefinitions apply to this section:
(1) "Aircraft"is as defined in G.S. 63‑1.
(2) "Laser" isas defined in G.S. 14‑34.8.
(c) This section shallnot apply where the laser use had been approved by a State or federal agency. (2005‑329, s. 1.)