AN ACT to make changes in the law prohibiting hazing.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑35 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑35.  Hazing; definition and punishment.
It is unlawful for any student in attendance at any university, college, or school in this State to engage in hazing, or to aid or abet any other student in the commission of this offense. For the purposes of this section hazing is defined as follows: "to subject another student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group." Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2. G.S. 14‑36 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2003.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2003