§ 14-69.2. Perpetrating hoax by use of false bomb or other device.
§14‑69.2. Perpetrating hoax by use of false bomb or other device.
(a) Except as providedin subsection (c) of this section, any person who, with intent to perpetrate ahoax, conceals, places, or displays any device, machine, instrument orartifact, so as to cause any person reasonably to believe the same to be a bombor other device capable of causing injury to persons or property is guilty of aClass H felony.
(b) Repealed by S.L.1997‑443, s. 19.25(dd).
(c) Any person who,with intent to perpetrate a hoax, conceals, places, or displays in or at apublic building any device, machine, instrument, or artifact, so as to causeany person reasonably to believe the same to be a bomb or other device capableof causing injury to persons or property is guilty of a Class H felony. Anyperson who receives a second conviction for a violation of this subsectionwithin five years of the first conviction for violation of this subsection isguilty of a Class G felony. For purposes of this subsection "publicbuilding" means educational property as defined in G.S. 14‑269.2(a)(1),a hospital as defined in G.S. 131E‑76(3), a building housing only State,federal, or local government offices, or the offices of State, federal, orlocal government located in a building that is not exclusively occupied by theState, federal, or local government.
(d) The court may ordera person convicted under this section to pay restitution, including costs andconsequential damages resulting from the disruption of the normal activity thatwould have otherwise occurred on the premises but for the hoax, pursuant toArticle 81C of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes. (1959, c. 555, s. 1; 1991, c.648, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 33; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997‑443,s. 19.25(dd); 1999‑257, s. 2.)