A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify the criminal justice partnership program to allow certain community‑level offenders to be served by the program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑273.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑273.4.  Eligible population.
(a)	An eligible offender is an adult offender who was convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony offense  and:
(1)	Received a nonincarcerative sentence of a community punishment, if the Division of Community Corrections determines that the offender would benefit from program participation, based upon the results of a risk assessment;
(2)	Received a nonincarcerative sentence of an intermediate punishment; or 
(3)	 Is serving a term of parole or post‑release supervision after serving an active sentence of imprisonment.
(b)	The priority populations for programs funded under this Article shall be offenders sentenced to intermediate punishments."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009.