A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow county appeal in juvenile "pay order" cases.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑2604 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7B‑2604.  Proper parties for appeal.
(a)	An appeal may be taken by the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian, a county, or the State.
(b)	The State's appeal is limited to the following orders in delinquency or undisciplined cases:
(1)	An order finding a State statute to be unconstitutional; and
(2)	Any order which terminates the prosecution of a petition by upholding the defense of double jeopardy, by holding that a cause of action is not stated under a statute, or by granting a motion to suppress.
(c)	A county's appeal is limited to orders in which the county has been ordered to pay for medical, surgical, psychiatric, psychological, or other evaluation or treatment of a juvenile pursuant to G.S. 7B-2502, or other medical, psychiatric, psychological, or other evaluation or treatment of a parent pursuant to G.S. 7B-2702."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003, and applies to petitions for appeal filed on or after that date.