A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT DIRECTING THE JUVENILE JURISDICTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STUDY MODIFYING the definitions of delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile to include only juveniles at least ten years of age.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee (Committee) shall study the effects of modifying the definitions of delinquent juvenile and undisciplined juvenile to include only juveniles who are under 16 years old, but at least 10 years old, and no longer include juveniles between the ages of 6 and 10.
SECTION 2.  In conducting this study, the Committee shall consider all of the following:
(1)	The number of delinquent juveniles under the age of 10 and the kinds of crimes and infractions these juveniles have committed, and the number of undisciplined juveniles under the age of 10.
(2)	The ways other states address juveniles under the age of 10 who commit crimes or infractions, are unlawfully absent from school, or are regularly disobedient.
(3)	The input of interested stakeholders.
SECTION 3.  The Committee shall report is findings and recommendations, which may include recommended legislation, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety no later than March 1, 2020.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.