GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 73*

Short Title:  Inmate Incentive Pay.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Cunningham; Bowman, Fussell, Gardner, Gist, Hensley, Russell, and Stamey.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RAISE THE MAXIMUM DAILY WAGE PAID TO PRISONERS BY PRISON ENTERPRISES AND TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE WAGES BE PAID ON AN HOURLY OR PRODUCTION-QUOTA BASIS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 148-18(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Prisoners employed in prison enterprises shall be compensated at hourly rates fixed by the Department of Correction's rules and regulations, or on the basis of production quotas established by prison enterprises, for work performed; provided, that no prisoner working for prison enterprises shall be paid more than three dollars ($3.00) per day from funds made available by the Prison Enterprises Fund.
Prisoners employed other than by prison enterprises and those involved in the maintenance and housekeeping of the prison system, shall be compensated at rates fixed by the Department of Correction's rules and regulations; provided, that no prisoner so paid shall receive more than one dollar ($1.00) per day.  The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to wages paid by private prison enterprises conducted pursuant to G.S. 148-70."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.