GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 161

Short Title:  Study/Criminal Info. Network.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Daniel.
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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION NETWORK LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is created the Uniform Criminal Justice Information Network Legislative Study Commission to be composed of 10 members: five Senators to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and five Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair from their appointees.  The Commission may meet at any time upon the joint call of the cochairs.  Vacancies on the Commission shall be filled by the same appointing officer who made the initial appointment.
Sec. 2.  The Commission shall study the feasibility of developing a uniform criminal justice information network in North Carolina.  The Commission may make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the development of a criminal justice information network.
Sec. 3.  With the prior approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the Legislative Administrative Officer shall assign professional and clerical staff to assist in the work of the Commission.  Clerical staff shall be furnished to the Commission through the Offices of the House and Senate Supervisors of Clerks.  The expenses of employment of the clerical staff shall be borne by the Commission.  The Commission may contract for professional and consultant services as provided by G.S. 120-32.02.  With the prior approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the Commission may hold its meetings in the State Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building.
Sec. 4.  The Commission shall submit a final written report of its findings and recommendations on or before the convening of the 1995 Session of the General Assembly.  The report shall be filed with the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Upon filing its final report, the Commission shall terminate.
Sec. 5.  Members of the Commission shall be paid per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances at the rate established in G.S. 120-3.1.
Sec. 6.  All State departments and agencies and local governments and their subdivisions shall furnish the Commission and its staff with any information in their possession or available to them.
Sec. 7.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year for the expenses of the Uniform Criminal Justice Information Network Legislative Study Commission.
Sec. 8.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.