GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 181

Short Title:  Undisciplined Juvenile.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Allran; Basnight, Bryan, Carpenter, Carter, Cochrane, Daughtry, Forrester, Hartsell, Marvin, Odom, Pollard, Smith, Soles, and Walker.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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February 25, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RECOMMENDED BY THE JUVENILE LAW STUDY COMMISSION TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF AN UNDISCIPLINED JUVENILE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-517(28) reads as rewritten:
"(28)	Undisciplined Juvenile. –
a.	A juvenile less than 16 years of age who is unlawfully absent from school; or who is regularly disobedient to his parent, guardian, or custodian and beyond their disciplinary control; or who is regularly found in places where it is unlawful for a juvenile to be; or who has run away from home; or
b.	A juvenile more than 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age who is beyond the disciplinary control of his parent, guardian, or custodian."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies to actions arising on and after that date.