GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 483

SENATE BILL 605

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT MATERNITY LEAVE FOR INMATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The second paragraph of G.S. 148-4, as the same appears in Volume 3C, Part II of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is amended by:

1.         deleting the "." at the end of subsection (6) and substituting in lieu thereof "; or";

2.         adding a new subsection to read:

"(7)      Be on maternity leave, for a period of time not to exceed 60 days. The county Departments of Social Services are expected to cooperate with officials at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women to coordinate prenatal care, financial services, and placement of the child."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1985.