GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 402
Judiciary I/Constitution Committee Substitute Adopted 5/9/95

Short Title:  No Firearm/Domestic Violence Order.	(Public)

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March 20, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW BY REQUIRING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY COMPUTER, TO ALLOW THE JUDGE ISSUING THE ORDER TO REQUIRE SEIZURE OF FIREARMS AND PROHIBIT POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, AND MAKE IT A CLASS H FELONY FOR ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER TO PURCHASE OR POSSESS ANY FIREARM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 50B-3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 50B-3.  Relief.
(a)	The court may grant any protective order or approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of acts of domestic violence.  The orders or agreements may:
(1)	Direct a party to refrain from such acts;
(2)	Grant to a spouse possession of the residence or household of the parties and exclude the other spouse from the residence or household;
(3)	Require a party to provide a spouse and his or her children suitable alternate housing;
(4)	Award temporary custody of minor children and establish temporary visitation rights;
(5)	Order the eviction of a party from the residence or household and assistance to the victim in returning to it;
(6)	Order either party to make payments for the support of a minor child as required by law;
(7)	Order either party to make payments for the support of a spouse as required by law;
(8)	Provide for possession of personal property of the parties;
(9)	Order a party to refrain from harassing or interfering with the other; 
(10)	Award costs and attorney's fees to either