Bill Text: NC H771 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Juvenile/Parent Comm. Service

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-13 - Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency [H771 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2017-H771-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 771

 

 

Short Title:      Juvenile/Parent Comm. Service.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Destin Hall, Elmore, Jordan, and K. Hall (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Judiciary III, if favorable, Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency

April 13, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize a court to order a parent, guardian, or custodian to perform community service with a juvenile adjudicated as delinquent for assaulting a school employee or school volunteer.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 27 of Chapter 7B of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read:

"§ 7B‑2701.5.  Parental community service performed with the juvenile under certain circumstances.

If a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent for a violation of G.S. 14‑33(c)(6) and ordered to perform community service in a dispositional order pursuant to G.S. 7B‑2506 or in an order of probation pursuant to G.S. 7B‑2510, and if the court finds that it is in the best interests of the juvenile, the court may order at least one parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile to perform community service with the juvenile."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.