GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 69

Short Title:  Increase Probation/Parole Fees.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives R. Hunter; Bowman, Brubaker, Cole, Cromer, Culpepper, Flaherty, Gardner, Hall, Jeffus, McCrary, McLawhorn, Redwine, Smith, Sutton, and Yongue.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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February 10, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISION FEES FROM TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1343(c1) reads as rewritten:
	"(c1)  Supervision Fee. – Any person placed on supervised probation pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay a supervision fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month, unless exempted by the court.  The court may exempt a person from paying the fee only for good cause and upon written motion of the person placed on supervised probation.  No person shall be required to pay more than one supervision fee per month.  The court may require that the fee be paid in advance or in a lump sum or sums, and a probation officer may require payment by such methods if he is authorized by subsection (g) to determine the payment schedule.  Supervision fees must be paid to the clerk of court for the county in which the judgment was entered or the deferred prosecution agreement was filed.  Fees collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the State for deposit into the State's General Fund."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1374(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Supervision Fee. – The Commission must require as a condition of parole that the parolee pay a supervision fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month.  The Commission may exempt a parolee from this condition of parole only if it finds that requiring him to pay the fee will constitute an undue economic burden.  The fee must be paid to the clerk of superior court of the county in which the parolee was convicted.  The clerk must transmit any money collected pursuant to this subsection to the State to be deposited in the General Fund of the State.  In no event shall a person released on parole be required to pay more than one supervision fee per month."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective April 1, 1994, and shall apply to all persons on supervised probation or parole on that date and to all persons placed on supervised probation or parole on or after that date.