GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 191*

Short Title:        General Statutes Comm. Technical Corrections.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Ross;  E. Floyd and Lucas.
Referred to:	Judiciary I.

February 18, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make technical corrections in the general statutes as requested by the general statutes commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑318.2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14‑318.2.  Child abuse a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(a)        Any parent of a child less than 16 years of age, or any other person providing care to or supervision of such child, who inflicts physical injury, or who allows physical injury to be inflicted, or who creates or allows to be created a substantial risk of physical injury, upon or to such child by other than accidental means is guilty of the Class A1 misdemeanor of child abuse.

(b)        The Class A1 misdemeanor of child abuse is an offense additional to other civil and criminal provisions and is not intended to repeal or preclude any other sanctions or remedies.

(c)        A parent who abandons an infant less than seven days of age pursuant to G.S. 14‑322.3 shall not be prosecuted under this section for any acts or omissions related to the care of that infant."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑404(g) reads as rewritten:

"(g)       An applicant shall not be ineligible to receive a permit under subsection (4) of subsection (c) subdivision (c)(4) of this section because of involuntary commitment to mental health services if the individual's rights have been restored under G.S. 122C‑54.1."

SECTION 3.  G.S. 144‑3 reads as rewritten:

"§ 144‑3.  Flags to be displayed on public buildings and institutions.

The board of trustees or managers of the several State institutions and public buildings shall provide a North Carolina flag, of such dimensions and material as they may deem best, and the same shall be displayed from a staff upon the top of each and every such building, at all times except during inclement weather, and upon the death of any State officer or any prominent citizen the flag shall be put at half‑mast half‑staff until the burial of such person has taken place."

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.