GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-299
HOUSE BILL 1171
AN ACT to make changes in the law prohibiting hazing.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-35 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-35. Hazing; definition and punishment.
It shall be is unlawful for any student in attendance
at any university, collegecollege, or school in this
State to engage in what is known as hazing, or to aid or abet any other
student in the commission of this offense. For the purposes of this section
hazing is defined as follows: "to annoy any student by playing abusive
or ridiculous tricks upon him, to frighten, scold, beat or harass him, or to
subject him to personal indignity." "to subject another
student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to
membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic
team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group." Any violation
of this section shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2. G.S. 14-36 is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2003.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 4:44 p.m. this 4th day of July, 2003