GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-444

HOUSE BILL 661

AN ACT TO AMEND THE JUVENILE CODE TO REVISE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISPOSITIONAL ALTERNATIVE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS WHO HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT FOR LEVEL 2 OFFENSES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7B-2506(23) reads as rewritten:

"(23)   Order the juvenile to perform up to 200 hours supervised community service of not less than 100 hours and not more than 200 hours, consistent with the juvenile's age, skill, and ability, specifying the nature of work and the number of hours required.  The work shall be related to the seriousness of the juvenile's offense."

Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of July, 1999.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

s/   James B. Black

Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

Approved 10:05 p.m. this 10th day of August, 1999