GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

S                                                                                                                                                     1

SENATE BILL 9

Short Title:     Amend Peeping Tom Law.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Boseman.
Referred to:	Judiciary I .

January 29, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify that a private detective or private investigator who engages in an activity that is unlawful under G.S. 14‑202 which prohibits secretly peeping into a room occupied by another person is in violation of that law and is not protected by the claim that the detective or investigator was engaged in the legal discharge of his or her official professional duties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑202 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subsection (n) of this section does not apply to a private detective or private investigator as defined in G.S. 74C‑3(a)(8)."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.