A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize counties thaT PROVIDE ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR OFFENDERS to collect a fee to recover the actual costs of providing THAT monitoring.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 28 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 7A‑313.1.  Fee for costs of electronic monitoring.
A county that provides the personnel, equipment, and other costs of providing electronic monitoring as a condition of an offender's bond or pretrial release may collect a fee from the offender that is the lesser of the amount of the jail fee authorized in G.S. 7A-313 or the actual cost of providing the electronic monitoring.  A county may not collect a fee from an offender who is determined to be indigent and entitled to court‑appointed counsel."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.