NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 530

HOUSE BILL 1029

 

 

AN ACT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICE RESTITUTION AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 15A-1343(d) is amended by deleting the sentence which reads: "Provided, that no government agency shall benefit by way of restitution or reparation except for particular damage or loss to it over and above its normal operation costs." and substituting the following sentences: "Provided, that no government agency shall benefit by way of restitution except for particular damage or loss to it over and above its normal operating costs. A government agency may benefit by way of reparation even though the agency was not a party to the crime provided that when reparation is ordered, community service work shall be rendered only after approval has been granted by the owner or person in charge of the property or premises where the work will be done."

Sec. 2. The first sentence of G.S. 15A-1343(d) is amended by deleting the words "for which the defendant has been convicted" and substituting therefor the words "committed by the defendant".

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1981.