GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 70
Select Committee on Corrections/Punishment Committee Substitute Adopted 2/22/94

Short Title:  Reinstate Sentencing Provisions.	(Public)
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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February 11, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EARLIER IMPLEMENTATION OF STRUCTURED SENTENCING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1340.10, as enacted by Section 1 of Chapter 538 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A-1340.10.  Applicability of structured sentencing.
This Article applies to criminal offenses in North Carolina, other than impaired driving under G.S. 20-138.1 that occur on or after July 1, 1994."
Sec. 2.  Section 56 of Chapter 538 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 56.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994, and applies only to offenses occurring on or after that date.  Prosecutions for, or sentences based on, offenses occurring before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by the repeal or amendment in this act of any statute, and the statutes that would be applicable to those prosecutions or sentences but for the provisions of this act remain applicable to those prosecutions or sentences."
Sec. 3.  Section 1359 of Chapter 539 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 1359.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994, and applies to offenses occurring on or after that date.  Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 15A-1371(a1), as enacted by Section 22 of Chapter 538 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"(a1)	A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment is eligible for parole after serving 25 years.  This subsection applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 1994."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.