GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 198

Short Title:  Supervision of Prisoners.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Sexton, Reynolds, Allred; Capps, Culp, Hall, Moore, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY TO ARRANGE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF WORKING PRISONERS BY EMPLOYEES OF ANOTHER UNIT OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 162-58 reads as rewritten:
"§ 162-58.  Counties may work prisoners.
The board of commissioners of the several counties may enact by resolution all necessary rules and regulations for work on projects to benefit units of State or local government by persons convicted of crimes and imprisoned in the local confinement facilities or satellite jail/work release units of their respective counties. The sheriff shall approve rules and regulations enacted by the board. Prisoners working under this section shall be supervised by county employees, employees of another unit of State or local government, or by the sheriff. The rules enacted by the board of county commissioners and approved by the sheriff shall specify a procedure for ensuring that county employees or employees of another unit of State or local government supervising prisoners pursuant to this section be provided with notice that the persons placed under their supervision are inmates from a local confinement facility or a satellite jail/work release unit."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.