GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 704

Short Title:  Drug Testing Costs.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Reeves; Cooper and Miller.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RESTITUTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDING DRUG ANALYSES TESTING FOR CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-95.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	When any person is convicted of an offense under this Article, the court may order him to make restitution in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the State of North Carolina or to the unit of local government providing the controlled substance analysis testing for the expense of analyzing any controlled substance possessed by him or his agent as part of an investigation leading to his conviction.  Any funds received under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State or the general fund of a unit of local government as appropriate."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.