GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 537

Short Title:  Criminalize Ethnic Intimidation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Hunt of Durham.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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March 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE ETHNIC INTIMIDATION A CRIME.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 8 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-32.3. Ethnic Intimidation.
If any person shall, because of race, religion, or ethnicity, injure another person, or damage or deface the property of another person, or threaten to do any such acts, he shall be punished as a Class G felon."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.