NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 772

HOUSE BILL 1139

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES AT ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND SPORTS EVENTS A MISDEMEANOR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, pour, release, discharge, expose or place in an area where an athletic contest or sporting event is taking place any substance or object that shall be likely to cause injury to persons participating in or attending such contests or events or to cause damage to animals, vehicles, equipment, devices, or other things used in connection with such contests or events. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of June, 1977.