GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 684

Short Title:  Clarify Jail Fee Applicability.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Ezzell.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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March 29, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF JAIL FEES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-313 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-313. Uniform jail fees.
Any person lawfully confined in jail, other than a person serving a term of imprisonment, shall be liable to the county or municipality maintaining the jail in the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each 24 hours' confinement, or fraction thereof, except that a person so confined shall not be liable for this fee if the case or proceeding against him is dismissed, or if acquitted, or if judgment is arrested, or if probable cause is not found, or if the grand jury fails to return a true bill."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.