GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 902

Short Title:  Amend Stalking Law.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Morris; Adams, Alexander, Beall, Black, Bowie, Boyd-McIntyre, Clary, Daughtry, Davis, Esposito, Gardner, Gulley, Howard, Insko, Jeffus, Moore, Neely, Nichols, Rayfield, Sexton, Sherrill, Shubert, Starnes, Watson, and C. Wilson.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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April 9, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF STALKING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-277.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-277.3.  Stalking.
(a)	Offense. – A person commits the offense of stalking if the person willfully on more than one occasion follows or is in the presence of another person without legal purpose and
	with the intent to cause emotional distress by placing that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury.
		(b)	Classification. – A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.  A person who commits the offense of stalking when there is a court order in effect prohibiting similar behavior is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent conviction for stalking occurring within five years of a prior conviction of the same defendant is punishable as a Class I felony."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.