GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1233

Short Title:  Reimburse Confinement Costs.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Flaherty; Wood and Buchanan.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PRISONERS INCARCERATED IN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM OR IN LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OR THE LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITY FOR THE COST OF HIS KEEP.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 1 of Chapter 148 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 148-2.1.  Reimbursement by prisoners.
(a)	A prisoner who is convicted of a felony and placed in the custody of the Department of Correction shall be required to reimburse the Department of Correction for the cost of his keep.  A prisoner who is convicted of a misdemeanor and committed to a local confinement facility shall be required to reimburse the custodian of the local confinement facility for the cost of his keep.  The Department of Correction or the sentencing court, as appropriate, shall determine the amount necessary to reimburse the Department or the local confinement facility for the cost of the prisoner's keep.  Prisoners who are granted work-release privileges shall have amounts deducted from their work-release earnings as provided in G.S. 148-33.1(f).
(b)	If a prisoner has not provided for the reimbursement required by subsection (a) at the time of his release or parole, the Department of Correction or the custodian of the local confinement facility, as appropriate, shall request that a judgment be entered against the prisoner in the county in which he was incarcerated for the amount of reimbursement that has not been made."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.