<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 50-33. - Limited exceptions.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Polling place.</span> When a park or recreation facility is used as a polling place for an election, the
               registered sex offender may enter for the limited purpose of voting if he has right
               to vote and qualifies to do so at that polling place.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Official meetings.</span> A registered sex offender who has the right to be present at an official meeting
               shall have the limited privilege of entering on and into a park or recreation facility
               for such time as is necessary to attend that meeting or function, but loitering or
               lingering in any form shall be a violation of this article.
               
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               The privilege shall only extend to those parts of the park and/or recreation facility
               that are being used for meetings of that kind and any registered sex offender found
               outside of those parts shall be punished as provided in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH50ACLIPA_ARTIISEOF_S50-37PE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12658"> section 50-37</a>.
               
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               (c)
               
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               <span class="ital">Consistency with the Jessica Lunsford Act.</span> After November 30, 2008, any action prohibited by this article that would also be
               a violation of G.S. 14-208.18(2008) shall no longer be considered a violation of this
               article. For example, after November 30, 2008:
               
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               (1)
               
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               A registered sex offender who enters a park and/or recreation facility playground
               will no longer be in violation of this article because of the prohibition of the same
               conduct by G.S. 14-208.18(a)(1)(2008);
               
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               (2)
               
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               A registered sex offender who enters park and/or recreation facility property that
               is held open to the general public that at the time in question is being used for
               a youth birthday party may not be deemed in violation of this article because of the
               prohibition of the same conduct by G.S. 14-208.18(a)(2)(2008; and
               
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               (3)
               
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               A registered sex offender will not be in violation of this article for being on park
               and/or recreation facility property where minors have gathered for regularly scheduled
               recreational programs because of the prohibition of the same conduct by G.S. 14-208.18(a)(3)(2008).
               
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               (Ord. No. 2009-04, Â§ 3, 1-20-09)
               
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