A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ENHANCE THE PENALTY FOR AN ASSAULT IN THE PRESENCE OF A MINOR. 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑33 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	Notwithstanding the dispositions in G.S. 15A-1340.23(c), any person who commits a violation of subdivision (c)(1) of this section on a person with whom the person has a personal relationship, and in the presence of a minor, shall be sentenced to an active punishment of no less than 30 days.
	(1)	Definitions.
a.	"Personal relationship" is as defined in G.S. 50B-1(b).
b.	"In the presence of a minor" means that the minor was in a position to have observed the assault.
c.	"Minor" is any person under the age of 18 years who is residing with or is under the care and supervision of, and who has a personal relationship with, the person assaulted or the person committing the assault.
(2)	A person committing a second or subsequent violation of subsection (d) shall be sentenced to an active punishment of no less than 50 days."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.