GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1281

Short Title:  Increase Jail Fees.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Martin of Pitt; Albertson, Odom, and Speed.

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Referred to:  Finance.

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May 23, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE UNIFORM JAIL FEES AND MAKE THOSE FEES MANDATORY AS PART OF ALL SENTENCES UNLESS THE JUDGE ORDERS OTHERWISE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-313 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-313.  Uniform jail fees.
Persons who are lawfully confined in jail awaiting trial shall be liable to the county or municipality maintaining the jail in the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each 24 hours' confinement, or fraction thereof, except that a person so confined shall not be liable for this fee if the case or proceeding against him is dismissed, or if acquitted, or if judgment is arrested, or if probable cause is not found, or if the grand jury fails to return a true bill.  Unless the judge orders otherwise, the clerk of superior court shall include jail fees in the computation of court costs regardless of the type of sentence imposed."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1996, and applies to all periods of confinement on or after that date.