Bill Text: NC S570 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: End Ct. Orders/Est. Local Intake Procedures
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Ref To Com On Judiciary II [S570 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S570-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
S 1
SENATE BILL 570*
Short Title: End Ct. Orders/Est. Local Intake Procedures. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senator Jones. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary II. |
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April 14, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT no longer requiring a court order to establish local intake procedures for receiving delinquency and undisciplined complaints under the laws pertaining to undisciplined and delinquent juveniles and authorizing the department of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention to monitor county detention centers.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7B‑1803(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) All complaints concerning a juvenile alleged
to be delinquent or undisciplined shall be referred to the juvenile court
counselor for screening and evaluation. Thereafter, if the juvenile court
counselor determines that a petition should be filed, the petition shall be
drawn by the juvenile court counselor or the clerk, signed by the complainant,
and verified before an official authorized to administer oaths. If the
circumstances indicate a need for immediate attachment of jurisdiction and if
the juvenile court counselor is out of the county or otherwise unavailable to
receive a complaint and to draw a petition when it is needed, the clerk shall
assist the complainant in communicating the complaint to the juvenile court
counselor by telephone and, with the approval of the juvenile court counselor,
shall draw a petition and file it when signed and verified. A copy of the
complaint and petition shall be transmitted to the juvenile court counselor. Procedures
for receiving delinquency and undisciplined complaints and drawing petitions
thereon, consistent with this Article and Article 17 of this Chapter, shall be
established by administrative order of the chief judge in each judicial
district."
SECTION 2. G.S. 153A‑221.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A‑221.1. Standards and inspections.
The legal responsibility of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Social Services CommissionSecretary of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention for State services to county juvenile
detention homes under this Article is hereby confirmed and shall include the
following: development of State standards under the prescribed procedures;
inspection; consultation; technical assistance; and training.
The Secretary of Health and Human ServicesSecretary
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall also develop standards
under which a local jail may be approved as a holdover facility for not more
than five calendar days pending placement in a juvenile detention home which
meets State standards, providing the local jail is so arranged that any child
placed in the holdover facility cannot converse with, see, or be seen by the
adult population of the jail while in the holdover facility. The personnel
responsible for the administration of a jail with an approved holdover facility
shall provide close supervision of any child placed in the holdover facility
for the protection of the child."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.