GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 998

Short Title:  Fraud/" Pretend" Crime Victim.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Plyler; and Conder.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON FRAUDULENTLY TO REPRESENT HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS A CRIME VICTIM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 20 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-118.6.  Perpetrating hoax by fraudulent representation as a crime victim.
It is unlawful for a person, with the intent to perpetrate a hoax, falsely to represent himself or herself as the victim of a crime and as a result to cause another reasonably to believe that the person is the victim of a crime and to report that crime to a law enforcement agency."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.