GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 361

Short Title:  Extend Juvenile Pilot Program.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Cooper.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I/Constitution

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March 13, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RECOMMENDED BY THE JUVENILE CODE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO EXTEND THE PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS REGARDING JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION OVER JUVENILES BETWEEN SIXTEEN AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE BEYOND THE DISCIPLINARY CONTROL OF THEIR PARENTS AND TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 47 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  There is established a pilot program to be administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts to expand juvenile court jurisdiction in the pilot counties to include as undisciplined juveniles those juveniles at least 16 years of age and under 18 years of age who are beyond the disciplinary control of their parents.  The pilot program shall be implemented in Catawba, Bertie, and McDowell Counties.  In these counties, for the duration of the pilot, the definition of undisciplined juvenile shall include 'a juvenile at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age who is beyond the disciplinary control of his parent, guardian, or custodian, who is regularly found in places where it is unlawful for a juvenile to be, or who has run away from home.'  The purpose of the pilot program is to determine whether juvenile court jurisdiction should be broadened to include such juveniles on a statewide basis.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall file a progress report on the pilot with the General Assembly on or before the convening of the 1995 Session and a final report on or before the convening of the 1997 Session.  The final report shall include statistics regarding the number of juveniles who have participated in the pilot program and the effectiveness of the program for participating juveniles.  The State Auditor's Office shall conduct a financial and performance audit of the pilot and file the audit with the General Assembly on or before the convening of the 1997 Session.  The audit shall include all information and activities of the pilot through December, 1996.  The pilot shall terminate April 1, 1997.  The pilot program shall be conducted within existing funds of the Administrative Office of the Courts."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective March 31, 1995.