NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 662

HOUSE BILL 1255

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 15A-1343 TO REQUIRE PROBATIONERS TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF COURT AND APPOINTED COUNSEL OR PUBLIC DEFENDER FEES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1343, as the same is found in Volume 1C of the General Statutes, 1978 Replacement, and the 1978 Interim Supplement, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e)       Costs of court and appointed counsel. Unless the court finds there are extenuating circumstances, any person placed upon supervised or unsupervised probation under the terms set forth by the court shall, as a condition of probation, be required to pay all court costs and costs for appointed counsel or public defender in the case in which he was convicted. The court shall determine the amount due and the method of payment."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1343(b)(14), as the same is found in the General Statutes, 1978 Interim Supplement, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1979, and shall apply to any person placed upon probation on or after this effective date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1979.