GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 310 
HOUSE BILL 382 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE GAIN TIME CREDIT TO PRISONERS SENTENCED FOR FELONIES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1981, FOR PARTICIPATION IN REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMS. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 148-13(d) is amended by rewriting the second sentence to read as follows: 
"Gain time credit may be granted for meritorious conduct and shall be granted for performance of regular work and regular participation in study, training, work release, and other rehabilitative programs inside or outside the prison or jail." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 148-13(d)(1) is rewritten to read as follows: 
"(1)	Gain Time I. In addition to the good behavior credit authorized by G.S. 15A-1340.7, prisoners who perform work assignments requiring at least four hours of actual work per day, and prisoners who participate in study, training, or other rehabilitative programs requiring at least four hours of productive activity per day, shall receive gain time credit at the rate of two days per month." 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 148-13(d)(2) is rewritten to read as follows: 
"(2)	Gain Time II. In addition to the good behavior credit authorized by G.S. 15A-1340.7, prisoners who perform work assignments requiring at least six hours of actual work per day, prisoners who perform in part-time work release programs, and prisoners who participate in study, training, or other rehabilitative programs requiring at least six hours of productive activity per day, shall receive gain time credit at the rate of four days per month." 
Sec. 4.  G.S. 148-13(d)(3) is rewritten to read as follows: 
"(3)	Gain Time III. In addition to the good behavior credit authorized by G.S. 15A-1340.7, prisoners who perform work assignments requiring special skills or special responsibilities and requiring at least six hours of actual work per day, prisoners who perform in full-time work release programs, and prisoners who participate in full-time study, training, or other rehabilitative programs shall receive gain time credit at the rate of six days per month." 
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of June, 1985.