GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	2 

SENATE BILL 606
Second Edition Engrossed 6/28/91

Short Title:  Wake/Jail Fees Option.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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April 15, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW WAKE COUNTY TO CHARGE JAIL FEES AS A LOCAL REVENUE OPTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-313 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-313.  Jail fees.
Only persons who are lawfully confined in jail awaiting trial, or who are ordered to pay jail fees pursuant to a probationary sentence, shall be liable to the county or municipality maintaining the jail in the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) 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 applies only to Wake County.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.