14-159.1. Contaminating a public water system.
(a) A person commits the offense of contaminating a public water system, as defined in G.S. 130A-313(10), if he willfully or wantonly:
(1) Contaminates, adulterates or otherwise impurifies or attempts to contaminate, adulterate or otherwise impurify the water in a public water system, including the water source, with any toxic chemical, biological agent or radiological substance that is harmful to human health, except those added in approved concentrations for water treatment operations; or
(2) Damages or tampers with the property or equipment of a public water system with the intent to impair the services of the public water system.
(b) Any person who commits the offense defined in this section is guilty of a Class C felony. (1983, c. 507, s. 1; 1985, c. 509, s. 4, c. 689, s. 5; 1993, c. 539, s. 1189; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 22 - Damages and Other Offenses to Land and Fixtures.
§ 14-127 - Willful and wanton injury to real property.
§ 14-127.1 - Graffiti vandalism.
§ 14-128 - Injury to trees, crops, lands, etc., of another.
§ 14-129 - Taking, etc., of certain wild plants from land of another.
§ 14-129.2 - Unlawful to take sea oats.
§ 14-129.3 - Felony taking of Venus flytrap.
§ 14-130 - Trespass on public lands.
§ 14-131 - Trespass on land under option by the federal government.
§ 14-132 - Disorderly conduct in and injuries to public buildings and facilities.
§ 14-132.2 - Willfully trespassing upon, damaging, or impeding the progress of a public school bus.
§ 14-134.2 - Operating motor vehicle upon utility easements after being forbidden to do so.
§ 14-134.3 - Domestic criminal trespass.
§ 14-135.1 - Wood load tickets required for certain wood product sales; exceptions; penalties.
§ 14-136 - Setting fire to grass and brushlands and woodlands.
§ 14-137 - Willfully or negligently setting fire to woods and fields.
§ 14-138.1 - Setting fire to grassland, brushland, or woodland.
§ 14-140.1 - Certain fire to be guarded by watchman.
§ 14-141 - Burning or otherwise destroying crops in the field.
§ 14-142 - Injuries to dams and water channels of mills and factories.
§ 14-144 - Injuring houses, churches, fences and walls.
§ 14-145 - Unlawful posting of advertisements.
§ 14-147 - Removing, altering or defacing landmarks.
§ 14-148 - Defacing or desecrating grave sites.
§ 14-149 - Desecrating, plowing over or covering up graves; desecrating human remains.
§ 14-151 - Interfering with gas, electric, and steam appliances or meters; penalties.
§ 14-152 - Injuring fixtures and other property of gas companies; civil liability.
§ 14-153 - Tampering with engines and boilers.
§ 14-154 - Injuring wires and other fixtures of telephone, telegraph, and electric-power companies.
§ 14-155 - Unauthorized connections with telephone or telegraph.
§ 14-156 - Injuring fixtures and other property of electric-power companies.
§ 14-157 - Felling trees on telephone and electric-power wires.
§ 14-158 - Interfering with telephone lines.
§ 14-159 - Injuring buildings or fences; taking possession of house without consent.
§ 14-159.1 - Contaminating a public water system.
§ 14-159.2 - Interference with animal research.
§ 14-159.3 - Trespass to land on motorized all-terrain vehicle.