GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001

SESSION LAW 2001-179
SENATE BILL 876

AN ACT to provide that attendance at a day reporting center be a level one disposition for delinquent juveniles.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑2508(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Level 1 – Community Disposition. – A court exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent and for whom the dispositional chart in subsection (f) of this section prescribes a Level 1 disposition may provide for evaluation and treatment under G.S. 7B‑2502 and for any of the dispositional alternatives contained in subdivisions (1) through (13) and (16) of G.S. 7B‑2506. In determining which dispositional alternative is appropriate, the court shall consider the needs of the juvenile as indicated by the risk and needs assessment contained in the predisposition report, the appropriate community resources available to meet those needs, and the protection of the public."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 7B‑2506(16) reads as rewritten:
"(16)	Order the juvenile to cooperate with a supervised day program requiring the juvenile to be present at a specified place for all or part of every day or of certain days. In determining whether to order a juvenile to a particular supervised day program,  the court shall consider the structure and operations of the program and whether that program will meet the needs of the juvenile. The court also may require the juvenile to comply with any other reasonable conditions specified in the dispositional order that are designed to facilitate supervision."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of May, 2001.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 12:08 p.m. this 7th day of June, 2001