GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 784

Short Title:  Crime Statistics/Higher Ed.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Simpson.
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Referred to:  Higher Education.
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES THAT OCCUR ON CAMPUS AND TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IF REQUESTED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
“ARTICLE 3.
"Higher Education Criminal Statistics.
"§ 116-245.  Institutions of higher education to report criminal statistics.
Any institution conducting postsecondary degree activity in this State that is subject to the laws of this Chapter to Chapter 115D of the General Statutes, or that is one of the State's private or independent colleges or universities, shall collect information regarding the crimes, if any, that occurred on any property owned by or leased to the institution or that occurred within the jurisdiction of its campus law enforcement agency.  This information shall include the following for each crime committed:  the nature of the crime committed, any action taken by the institution regarding the crime, any action taken by the State regarding the crime, and the final disposition of any criminal case resulting from the reported criminal action.  The information and statistics required by this section shall be reported annually by the institution to the Division of Criminal Statistics in the Department of Justice and shall also be made available to any person who requests the information."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.