GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 733
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-313 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-313. Uniform jail fees.
Any person Only persons who are lawfully
confined in jail awaiting trial trial, or who are ordered to pay jail
fees pursuant to a probationary sentence, shall be liable to the county or
municipality maintaining the jail in the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each
24 hours' confinement, or fraction thereof, except that a person so confined
shall not be liable for this fee if a nolle prosequi is entered, the
case or proceeding against him is dismissed, or if acquitted, or if
judgment is arrested, or if probable cause is not found, or if the grand jury
fails to return a true bill."
Sec. 2. G.S. 153A-97 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-97. Defense of officers, employees and others.
A county may, pursuant to G.S. 160A-167, provide for the defense of:
(1) any Any
county officer or employee, including the county board of elections or any
county election official, and of ;
(2) any Any
member of a volunteer fire department or rescue squad which receives public
funds; and
(3) Any person or professional association who at the request of the board of county commissioners provides medical or dental services to inmates in the custody of the sheriff and is sued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with respect to the services."
Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act shall become effective October 1, 1989. The remaining sections are effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of August, 1989.