GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 793
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/25/01

Short Title:	Indecent Behavior & Photography Between Minors.	()	
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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 to willfully photograph, videotape, or use any other electronic visual medium to produce a photograph, videotape, computer image, or other electronic visual image that fully exposes the private parts of another minor for the purpose of exploiting the minor by disseminating the photograph, videotape, computer image, or other electronic visual image.
(b)	It is a Class 3 misdemeanor for any minor to willfully disseminate a photograph, videotape, computer image, or other electronic visual image obtained in violation of subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of exploiting the minor."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.