NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 969

HOUSE BILL 1362

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 14-208 is amended by adding the following new paragraph after the first paragraph:

"Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, any person who shall be deemed guilty in the first degree, as set forth in G.S. 14-207, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not less than 60 days nor more than two years, and may be fined in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2. This act applies only in cities with a population of 300,000 or over, according to the most recent decennial federal census, but shall only apply in a city within that class if the city has adopted an ordinance to that effect, which ordinance makes a finding that prostitution is a serious problem within the city.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective 10 days after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1981.