GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 934

Short Title:  Satellite Jail Commitment.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Raynor.
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Referred to:  Veteran and Military Affairs, Law Enforcement, and Senior Citizens.
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May 13, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT COMMITMENT TO SATELLITE JAIL/WORK RELEASE UNITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1353(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the sentencing court, with the consent of the person sentenced, orders that a person convicted of a misdemeanor be granted work release, the court may commit the person to a specific prison facility or local confinement facility or satellite jail/work release unit within the county of the sentencing court in order to facilitate the work release arrangement. When appropriate to facilitate the work release arrangement, the sentencing court may, with the consent of the sheriff or board of commissioners, commit the person to a specific local confinement facility or satellite jail/work release unit in another county, or, with the consent of the Department of Correction, commit the person to a specific prison facility in another county. The Department of Correction may transfer a prisoner committed to a specific prison facility to a different facility when necessary to alleviate overcrowding or for other administrative purposes."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.