GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 100
HOUSE BILL 186

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SHORT-TERM COMMITMENTS OF JUVENILES TO LOCAL APPROVED FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-652(c) is rewritten to read:
"(c)	In no event shall commitment of a delinquent juvenile be for a period of time in excess of that period for which an adult could be committed for the same act.  Any juveniles committed for an offense for which an adult would be sentenced for 30 days or less shall be assigned to a local detention home as defined by G.S. 7A-517(15) or a regional home as defined by G.S. 7A-517(26)."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987, and applies to juveniles committed on and after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of April, 1987.