GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 376

HOUSE BILL 719

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION'S AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TREATMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PRISONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 148-22(a) is amended by deleting the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following two sentences:

"Programs may be established for the treatment and training of mentally retarded prisoners and other special groups. These programs may be operated in segregated sections of facilities housing other prisoners or in separate facilities."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.