GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 135*

Short Title:  Clarify Sex Offender Registration.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Odom; Albertson, Ballance, Conder, Cooper, Dalton, Dannelly, Gulley, Hartsell, Hoyle, Jenkins, Jordan, Kerr, Lee, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Miller, Page, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Rand, Reeves, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, Warren, Weinstein, Wellons, and Winner.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAW TO CLARIFY THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF SEX OFFENSES IN FEDERAL COURT ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-208.6(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	'Reportable conviction' means:
a.	A final conviction for violation of G.S. 14-27.2 (first degree rape), 14-27.3 (second degree rape), 14-27.4 (first degree sexual offense), 14-27.5 (second degree sexual offense), 14-27.6 (attempted rape or sexual offense), 14-27.7 (intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims), 14-178 (incest between near relatives), 14-190.6 (employing or permitting minor to assist in offenses against public morality and decency), 14-190.16 (first degree sexual exploitation of a minor), 14-190.17 (second degree sexual exploitation of a minor), 14-190.17A (third degree sexual exploitation of a minor), 14-190.18 (promoting prostitution of a minor), 14-190.19 (participating in prostitution of a minor), or 14-202.1 (taking indecent liberties with children).
b.	A final conviction in another state of an offense, which if committed in this State, would have been a sex offense as defined by the sections of the General Statutes set forth in paragraph a. of this subdivision.
c.	A final conviction in a federal jurisdiction of an offense which is substantially similar to an offense set forth in paragraph a. of this subdivision."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all persons convicted on or after that date and to all persons released from a penal institution on or after that date.