GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 1008

 

 

Short Title:        No Televisions on Death Row.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (Primary Sponsor).

For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.

Referred to:

Judiciary Subcommittee C.

May 21, 2012

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to prohibit televisions for death row inmates.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 148 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 148-23.3. Televisions prohibited for death row inmates.

The Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Correction shall not provide televisions to any inmates serving sentences on death row."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.