GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 273

Short Title:        Study Expunction of Dismissals/NG Verdicts.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Bryant, Guice, and Pierce (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

March 10, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

an act to appoint a study committee to review current expunction statutes, as recommended by the joint select committee on ex-offender reintegration into society.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of a study committee that includes representatives from the criminal justice community, including district attorneys and the defense bar, to review current expunction statutes relating to dismissals and findings of not guilty and to make recommendations for expunction procedures so that these types of judicial outcomes are not unfairly prejudicial. The committee shall report to the General Assembly no later than the beginning of the 2012 Regular Session of the 2011 General Assembly.

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