A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the amount that may be offered as a reward by the governor for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who commits a felony in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 15‑53.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15‑53.1.  Governor may offer rewards for information leading to arrest and conviction.
When it shall appear to the Governor, upon satisfactory information furnished to him, that a felony or other infamous crime has been committed within the State, whether the name or names of the  person or persons suspected of committing the said crime be known or unknown, the Governor may issue his proclamation and therein offer a reward not exceeding  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), according to the nature of the case as, in his opinion, may be sufficient for the purpose, to be paid to him who shall provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of such person or persons. The proclamation shall be upon such terms as the Governor may deem proper, but it shall identify the felony or felonies and the authority to whom the information is to be delivered and shall state such other terms as the Governor may require under which the reward is payable."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.