GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 208

Short Title:        Conform State Law to Lawrence v. Texas.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Kinnaird.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

March 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to bring State law into compliance with the united states supreme court decision of lawrence v. texas.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14-177 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14-177.  Crime against nature.

If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon.felon; provided that no person shall be charged, prosecuted, or punished for this offense based upon private, noncommercial, consensual conduct that is solely between persons who have attained the age of 16 years."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 14-184 is repealed.

SECTION 3.  G.S. 14-186 is repealed.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all offenses committed prior to, on, or after that date.