GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 287

Short Title:  Amend Statutory Rape Law.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Allran, Perdue, Forrester, Carpenter, Cochrane, Little, East, Davis, Hartsell, Lucas, Winner, Simpson, Gulley, and Plexico.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I/Constitution

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March 1, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING STATUTORY RAPE AND THE AGE OF CONSENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-27.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	A person is guilty of rape in the first degree if the person engages in vaginal intercourse:
(1)	With a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years and the defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least five years older than the victim; or
(2)	With another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:
a.	Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or
b.	Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or
c.	The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-27.4(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the first degree if the person engages in a sexual act:
(1)	With a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years and the defendant is at least 12 years old and is at least five years older than the victim; or
(2)	With another person by force and against the will of the other person, and:
a.	Employs or displays a dangerous or deadly weapon or an article which the other person reasonably believes to be a dangerous or deadly weapon; or
b.	Inflicts serious personal injury upon the victim or another person; or
c.	The person commits the offense aided and abetted by one or more other persons."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.