A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize service by mail of notices of hearings on violations of unsupervised probation.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑1344 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b1)	Service of Notice of Hearing on Violation of Unsupervised Probation. – Notice of a hearing in response to a violation of unsupervised probation shall be given either by personal delivery to the person to be notified or by depositing the notice in the United States mail in an envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to the person at the address shown on the records of the court."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.