GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 209

Short Title:        Sex Offender Registry/Liberties w/ Student.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Goforth, R. Warren, Glazier, Insko (Primary Sponsors);  M. Alexander, England, Faison, E. Floyd, Hurley, Justus, Lucas, McElraft, McLawhorn, Moore, Rapp, Setzer, Spear, Tarleton, and Wray.
Referred to:	Education, if favorable, Judiciary III.

February 18, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to add the offense of taking indecent liberties with a student to the list of sex offenses that require registration under the sex offender and public protection registration program as recommended by the house select committee on sex offender issues.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑208.6(5) reads as rewritten:

"(5)      "Sexually violent offense" means a violation of G.S. 14‑27.2 (first degree rape), G.S. 14‑27.2A (rape of a child; adult offender), G.S. 14‑27.3 (second degree rape), G.S. 14‑27.4 (first degree sexual offense), G.S. 14‑27.4A (sex offense with a child; adult offender), G.S. 14‑27.5 (second degree sexual offense), G.S. 14‑27.5A (sexual battery), G.S. 14‑27.6 (attempted rape or sexual offense), G.S. 14‑27.7 (intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims), G.S. 14‑27.7A(a) (statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13‑, 14‑, or 15‑years‑old where the defendant is at least six years older), G.S. 14‑43.13 (subjecting or maintaining a person for sexual servitude), G.S. 14‑178 (incest between near relatives), G.S. 14‑190.6 (employing or permitting minor to assist in offenses against public morality and decency), G.S. 14‑190.9(a1) (felonious indecent exposure), G.S. 14‑190.16 (first degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14‑190.17 (second degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14‑190.17A (third degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14‑190.18 (promoting prostitution of a minor), G.S. 14‑190.19 (participating in the prostitution of a minor), G.S. 14‑202.1 (taking indecent liberties with children), or G.S. 14‑202.3 (Solicitation of child by computer to commit an unlawful sex act), G.S. 14‑202.4 (Taking indecent liberties with a student), G.S. 14‑318.4(a1) (parent or caretaker commit or permit act of prostitution with or by a juvenile), or G.S. 14‑318.4(a2) (commission or allowing of sexual act upon a juvenile by parent or guardian). The term also includes the following: a solicitation or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses; aiding and abetting any of these offenses."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to all persons convicted of a violation of G.S. 14‑202.4 on or after that date.