GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 860
Commerce Committee Substitute Adopted 5/1/97

Short Title:  Study Prison Enterprises.	(Public)

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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April 15, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE CORRECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE CORRECTIONS ENTERPRISES SIGN SHOP.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Joint Legislative Corrections Oversight Committee shall study the operation of Correction Enterprises industries, including the sign shop and furniture and upholstery plants, with a review of, among other issues the (i) pricing structure in relation to private companies and (ii) job placement opportunities for prison apprentices upon release.
Section 2.  The Committee may file an interim report with the 1997 Session, 1998 Regular Session, of the General Assembly and shall file a final report with the 1999 Regular Session.   The reports shall be filed no later than the dates on which those sessions respectively convene.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.