GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-113
HOUSE BILL 153

AN ACT RECOMMENDED BY THE CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT JUVENILE".

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-517(13) reads as rewritten:
"(13)	Dependent Juvenile. – A juvenile in need of assistance or placement because the juvenile has no parent, guardian, or custodian responsible for the juvenile's care or supervision or whose parent, guardian, or custodian is unable to provide for the care or supervision and lacks an appropriate alternative child care arrangement."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1997, and applies to adjudications of dependency made on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 4:32 p.m. this 29th day of May, 1997