GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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HOUSE BILL 44*

Short Title:     DV Orders/Repeat Violators.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives McLawhorn, Ross, Farmer-Butterfield, Parmon (Primary Sponsors);  Adams, Alexander, Blust, Bordsen, Brisson, Bryant, Coates, Coleman, Crawford, Dickson, Faison, Fisher, Folwell, Glazier, Goodwin, J. Harrell, Harrison, Howard, Insko, Jeffus, Lucas, Luebke, Martin, McAllister, McGee, Moore, Pierce, Ray, Spear, Tarleton, Tillis, Tolson, Tucker, Underhill, Wainwright, Walend, E. Warren, Weiss, Wiley, Williams, and Womble.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

January 31, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to strengthen the law related to violations of domestic violence protective orders by increasing the penalty for repeat offenders as recommended by the Joint legislative committee on Domestic violence.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 50B‑4.1(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f)      Unless covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who knowingly violates a valid protective order as provided in subsection (a) of this section, after having been previously convicted of three offensesone offense under this Chapter, shall be guilty of a Class H felony."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.