North Carolina § 114-43 - Methamphetamine Watch Program - good faith actions immune from civil and criminal liability.

§ 114-43. Methamphetamine Watch Program - good faith actions immune from civil and criminal liability.

Anyone who, in good faith, does any of the acts listed in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this section as part of a Methamphetamine Watch Program approved by the Department of Justice is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for that action. In any proceeding involving liability, good faith is presumed. The actions for which immunity is granted under this section are as follows: The person files a report with a law enforcement agency concerning the purchase or theft of ingredients used to manufacture methamphetamine. The person cooperates in any law enforcement investigation concerning the manufacture of methamphetamine. The person testifies in any judicial proceeding concerning the manufacture of methamphetamine. History (2004-178, s. 9.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2004-178, s. 10 provides: "Sections 1 through 6 of this act and Section 8 of this act become effective December 1, 2004, and apply to offenses committed on or after that date. Prosecutions for offenses occurring before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions. Section 7 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2005. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law, at which time the Commission for Health Services [now the Commission for Public Health] may adopt rules under Section 7 of this act." §§ 114-44 through 114-49: Reserved for future codification purposes.