GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 859

HOUSE BILL 1573

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE PROBATION SUPERVISION FEE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1343(a)(6) is rewritten to read:

"(6)      Pay a supervision fee as specified in subsection (c1)."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1343 is amended by adding a new subsection (c1) to read:

"(c1)    Supervision Fee. Any person placed on supervised probation pursuant to subsection (a) shall pay a supervision fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per month, unless exempted by the court. The court may exempt a person from paying the fee only for good cause and upon written motion of the person placed on supervised probation. No person shall be required to pay more than one supervision fee per month. The court may require that the fee be paid in advance or in a lump sum or sums, and a probation officer may require payment by such methods if he is authorized by subsection (g) to determine the payment schedule. Supervision fees must be paid to the clerk of court for the county in which the judgment was entered or the deferred prosecution agreement was filed. Fees collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the State for deposit into the State's General Fund."

Sec. 3.  The second sentence of G.S. 15A-1380.2(d) is amended by deleting the citation "G.S. 15A-1374(b)(6), (7), (8), (9), (10)" and substituting "G.S. 15A-1374(b)(6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) and G.S. 15A-1374(c)."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 148-65.1 is amended by designating the existing section as subsection (a) and by adding a new subsection (b) to read:

"(b)      Persons supervised in this State pursuant to this compact shall pay the supervision fee specified in G.S. 15A-1374(c). The fee shall be paid to the clerk of court in the county in which the person initially receives supervision services in this State."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1986.  Sections 1, 2, and 4 shall apply only to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this act.  Section 3 applies to persons released on parole on or after the effective date of this act.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1986.