AN ACT to allow a juvenile record to be considered in making the risk determination for establishing a bond under the laws pertaining to the juvenile code.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7B‑3000(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the defendant in a criminal proceeding involving a Class A1 misdemeanor or a felony was less than 21 years of age at the time of the offense, information obtained pursuant to subsection (b) of this section regarding the juvenile's record of an adjudication of delinquency for an offense that would be a Class A1 misdemeanor or a felony if committed by an adult, where the adjudication occurred after the defendant reached 13 years of age, may be used by law enforcement, the magistrate, the courts, and the prosecutor for pretrial release, plea negotiating decisions, and plea acceptance decisions. Information obtained regarding any juvenile record shall remain confidential and shall not be placed in any public record."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011, and applies to pretrial release, plea negotiating decisions, and plea acceptance decisions on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 2011.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2011