GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 287
Judiciary I/Constitution Committee Substitute Adopted 3/23/95
Judiciary I/Constitution Committee Substitute No. 2 Adopted 4/19/95

Short Title:  Amend Statutory Rape Law.	(Public)

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March 1, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE OFFENSES OF STATUTORY RAPE AND STATUTORY SEXUAL OFFENSE AGAINST VICTIMS WHO ARE THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, OR FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 7A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-27.7A.  Statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old.
(a)	A defendant is guilty of a Class B1 felony if the defendant engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old and the defendant is at least six years older than the person, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the person.
(b)	A defendant is guilty of a Class C felony if the defendant engages in vaginal intercourse or a sexual act with another person who is 13, 14, or 15 years old and the defendant is more than four but less than six years older than the person, except when the defendant is lawfully married to the person."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.