GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1389
Second Edition Engrossed 6/21/90

Short Title:  Restitution/Drug Analysis.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Barker; Conder, Ezzell, Guy, Harris, Hunt of Durham, Johnson of Cabarrus, Odom, Richardson, and Soles.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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June 4, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT RESTITUTION MAY BE ORDERED FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALYSIS IN A DRUG OFFENSE CONVICTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-95.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 90-95.3. Restitution to law-enforcement agencies for undercover purchases; restitution for drug analyses.
(a)	When any person is convicted of an offense under this Article, the court may order him to make restitution to any law-enforcement agency for reasonable expenditures made in purchasing controlled substances from him or his agent as part of an investigation leading to his conviction. 
(b)	When any person is convicted of an offense under this Article, the court may order him to make restitution in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the State of North Carolina for the expense of analyzing any controlled substance possessed by him or his agent as part of an investigation leading to his conviction.  Any funds received under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1990.