GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 65
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/2/94

Short Title:  Study Raise Age of Undiscip. Juv.	(Public)
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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February 10, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE JUVENILE CODE STUDY COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY THE NEEDS OF RUNAWAY JUVENILES AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RAISING THE AGE OF UNDISCIPLINED RUNAWAY JUVENILES TO EIGHTEEN YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. In addition to the other matters assigned to the Juvenile Code Study Committee of the Legislative Research Commission, the Committee shall study the needs of runaway and troubled youth and their families, including the effectiveness of Article 2A of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes in aiding runaway youth, returning them to their families, and reducing the number of runaway youth.  In addition, the Committee shall study the feasibility of raising the age of undisciplined juveniles who are regularly disobedient to their parents, guardians, or custodians and beyond their disciplinary control; who are regularly found in places where it is unlawful for a juvenile to be; or who have run away from home. The study shall include the matters included in the first edition of House Bill 65 of the 1994 Extra Session.
Sec. 2. The Legislative Research Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Regular Session of the 1995 General Assembly and may make an interim report to the 1994 Session of the 1993 General Assembly.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon ratification.