GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 274

 
 
Short Title:	Training School to Youth Academy-AB.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Haire; and Wainwright.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
February 27, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO change the term "training school", as it applies to the juvenile code, to "youth academy" in the general statutes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑1501(26) is repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 7B‑1501 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(29)	Youth academy. – A secure residential facility authorized to provide long-term treatment, education, and rehabilitative services for delinquent juveniles committed by the court to the Department."
SECTION 3.  Except for the section of the General Statutes amended in this act, the Revisor of Statutes shall substitute the term "youth academy" for the term "training school" everywhere that term appears in Chapter 7B of the General Statutes, G.S. 115D‑1, 143B‑515, 143B‑516, and 143B‑543.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.