A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reclassify statutory rape or sexual offense of a person who is THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, OR FIFTEEN years old by a defendant who is more than four years but less than six years older.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑27.7A(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A defendant is guilty of a Class F 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."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.