GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 315

 
 
Short Title:	Study of Juveniles Who Escape-AB.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Haire; and Barefoot.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
February 28, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the joint legislative corrections and crime control oversight committee to study the issue of persons who escape from the custody of the department of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Corrections and Crime Control Oversight Committee shall study the issue of persons who escape from the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ("Department") and shall develop appropriate sanctions for those persons.  In studying the issue, the Committee shall consult with the Department, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission to develop a statutory scheme through which both juveniles and persons who are over the age of 16 years shall be punished for escaping from the custody of the Department.
The Joint Legislative Corrections and Crime Control Oversight Committee shall report its findings and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly on or before April 1, 2002.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.