A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the legislative research commission to study the issue of persons who escape from the custody of the department of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission shall study the issue of persons who escape from the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Department) and shall develop appropriate sanctions for those persons.  In studying the issue, the Commission shall consult with the Department, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission to develop a statutory scheme through which both juveniles and persons who are over the age of 16 years shall be punished for escaping from the custody of the Department.
SECTION 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report to the 2003 General Assembly, Regular Session 2004, and shall make a final report to the 2005 General Assembly upon its convening.  The reports may include proposed legislation to carry out the recommendations of the study.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.