GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 453

HOUSE BILL 636

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PAROLE PROGRAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1371 is amended by rewriting the second and third paragraphs of subsection (h) as follows:

"Community service parole is early parole for the purpose of participation in a program of community service under the supervision of a probation/parole officer. A parolee who is paroled under this subsection must perform as a condition of parole 32 hours of community service for every month of his remaining active sentence, until at least his minimum sentence (if he was sentenced prior to July 1, 1981), or one-half of his sentence imposed under G.S. 15A-1340.4 has been completed by such community service, at which time parole may be terminated.

The probation/parole officer and the community service coordinator shall develop a program of community service for the parolee. The parolee must as a condition of parole complete at least 32 hours of community service per 30-day period. The community service coordinator shall report any willful failure to perform community service work to the probation/parole officer. Parole may be revoked for any parolee who willfully fails to perform community service work as directed by a community service coordinator. The provisions of G.S. 15A-1376 shall apply to this violation of a condition of parole."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1371 is amended by adding a new subsection (i) as follows:

"(i)       A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid by all persons who participate in the Community Service Parole Program. That fee must be paid to the clerk of court in the county in which the parolee is released. The fee must be paid in full within two weeks unless the Parole Commission, upon a showing of hardship by the person, allows him additional time to pay the fee. The parolee may not be required to pay the fee before he begins the community service unless the Parole Commission specifically orders that he do so. Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 15A-1380.2 is amended by rewriting the second and third paragraphs of subsection (h) as follows:

"Community service parole is early parole for the purpose of participation in a program of community service under the supervision of a probation/parole officer. A parolee who is paroled under this subsection must perform as a condition of parole 32 hours of community service for every month of his remaining active sentence, until at least his minimum sentence (if he was sentenced prior to July 1, 1981), or one-half of his sentence imposed under G.S. 15A-1340.4 has been completed by such community service, at which time parole may be terminated.

The probation/parole officer and the community service coordinator shall develop a program of community service for the parolee. The parolee must as a condition of parole complete at least 32 hours of community service per 30-day period. The community service coordinator shall report any willful failure to perform community service work to the probation/parole officer. Parole may be revoked for any parolee who willfully fails to perform community service work as directed by a community service coordinator. The provisions of G.S. 15A-1376 shall apply to this violation of a condition of parole."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 15A-1380.2 is amended by adding a new subsection (i) as follows:

"(i)       A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid by all persons who participate in the Community Service Parole Program. That fee must be paid to the clerk of court in the county where the parolee is released. The fee must be paid in full within two weeks unless the Parole Commission, upon a showing of hardship by the person, allows him additional time to pay the fee. The parolee may not be required to pay the fee before he begins the community service unless the Parole Commission specifically orders that he do so. Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1985.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1985.