GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 793
     

 
Short Title:	Indecent Behavior Between Minors.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Starnes; and Hilton.	
Referred to:	Judiciary I.	
March 26, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create the criminal offenses of indecent behavior between minors for the purpose of producing indecent photographs or other electronic visual materials and dissemination of indecent materials by minors.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 26 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-190.21. Indecent behavior between minors to produce indecent visual materials; dissemination of indecent visual material by minors.
(a)	It is a Class 3 misdemeanor for any minor willfully to expose the private parts of his or her person in the presence of any other minor for the purpose of producing a photograph, videotape, computer image, or other electronic visual media.
(b)	It is a Class 3 misdemeanor for any minor willfully to photograph, videotape, or use any other electronic visual medium to produce a photograph, videotape, or other electronic visual image that fully exposes the private parts of another minor.
(c)	It is a Class 3 misdemeanor for any minor willfully to disseminate a photograph, videotape, computer image, or other electronic visual image obtained in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
(d)	This section does not apply if each minor participating in the acts prohibited by this section had obtained the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian prior to committing the acts described by this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.