GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 54
HOUSE BILL 208

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE PAROLE COMMISSION TO REQUIRE PAROLEES TO CONTINUE PURSUING GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT DEGREES AS A CONDITION OF PAROLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1374(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Appropriate Conditions. – As conditions of parole, the Commission may require that the parolee comply with one or more of the following conditions:
(1)	Work faithfully at suitable employment or faithfully pursue a course of study or vocational training that will equip him for suitable employment.
(2)	Undergo available medical or psychiatric treatment and remain in a specified institution if required for that purpose.
(3)	Attend or reside in a facility providing rehabilitation, instruction, recreation, or residence for persons on parole.
(4)	Support his dependents and meet other family responsibilities.
(5)	Refrain from possessing a firearm, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon unless granted written permission by the Commission or the parole officer.
(6)	Report to a parole officer at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, as directed by the Commission or the parole officer.
(7)	Permit the parole officer to visit him at reasonable times at his home or elsewhere.
(8)	Remain within the geographic limits fixed by the Commission unless granted written permission to leave by the Commission or the parole officer.
(9)	Answer all reasonable inquiries by the parole officer and obtain prior approval from the parole officer for any change in address or employment.
(10)	Promptly notify the parole officer of any change in address or employment.
(11)	Submit at reasonable times to searches of his person by a parole officer for purposes reasonably related to his parole supervision.  The Commission may not require as a condition of parole that the parolee submit to any other searches that would otherwise be unlawful.
(11a)	Make restitution or reparation to an aggrieved party as provided in G.S. 148-57.1.
(11b)	Comply with an order from a court of competent jurisdiction regarding the payment of an obligation of the parolee in connection with any judgment rendered by the court.
(11c)	In the case of a parolee who was attending a basic skills program during incarceration, continue attending a basic skills program in pursuit of a General Education Development Degree or adult high school diploma.
(12)	Satisfy other conditions reasonably related to his rehabilitation."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of April, 1991.

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Henson P. Barnes
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives