A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the post‑release supervision and parole commission to consider requests for and issue certificates of rehabilitation for nonviolent ex‑offenders who have demonstrated significant rehabilitation in order to assist those offenders in obtaining employment.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑266 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f)	The Commission may accept and consider requests from nonviolent ex‑offenders for the issuance of a certificate of rehabilitation. For purposes of this subsection, a certificate of rehabilitation is a document that may be supplied to prospective employers stating that, in the opinion of the Commission, the ex‑offender for whom the certificate is issued has demonstrated significant rehabilitation and is worthy of consideration for employment. The Commission shall develop appropriate requirements for application for a certificate of rehabilitation and shall develop procedures for determining whether to issue such a certificate to an applicant."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.