A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the requirements for release of juvenile identification upon escape from custody as recommended by the joint legislative Corrections, Crime control, and juvenile justice oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑3102 reads as rewritten:
"7B‑3102.  Disclosure of information about juveniles who escape.
(a)	Notwithstanding G.S. 7B‑2102(d) or any other law to the contrary, within 24 hours of the time a juvenile escapes from custody the Department shall release to the public the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph; the name and location of the institution from which the juvenile escaped, or if the juvenile's escape was not from an institution, the circumstances and location of the escape; and a statement, based on the juvenile's record, of the level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's threat to self or to others, if:
(1)	The juvenile escapes from a detention facility, or secure custody, and the juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent or is alleged to be delinquent.
(2)	The juvenile escapes and the juvenile has been committed to the Department for placement in a youth development center in accordance with G.S. 7B‑2513.
(b)	When a juvenile escapes from a detention facility or secure custody, and the juvenile has been adjudicated undisciplined or is alleged to be undisciplined, the Department may release to the public within 24 hours the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph; the name and location of the institution from which the juvenile escaped, or if the juvenile's escape was not from an institution, the circumstances and location of the escape; and a statement, based on the juvenile's record, of the level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's threat to self or to others.
(c)	If a juvenile subject to subsection (a) or (b) of this section is returned to custody before the disclosure required or permitted is made, the Department shall not make the disclosure.
(d)	The Department shall maintain a photograph of every juvenile in its custody."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2008.