GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2008-169
HOUSE BILL 2492
AN ACT to amend the requirements for release of juvenile identification upon escape from custody, based on recommendations by the joint legislative Corrections, Crime control, and juvenile justice oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 7B-3102 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7B-3102. Disclosure of information about juveniles who escape.
(a) Notwithstanding
G.S. 7B-2102(d) or any other law to the contrary, within 24 hours of the
time a juvenile escapes from custody the Department shall release to the public
the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph; the name and location
of the institution from which the juvenile escaped;escaped, or if the
juvenile's escape was not from an institution, the circumstances and location
of the escape; and a statement, based on the juvenile's record, of the
level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's threat to self or to
others, if:if
(1) The the
juvenile escapes from a detention facility, secure custody, or a youth
development center and the juvenile is alleged to have committed an
offense that would be a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, or E felony if committed by an
adult.has been adjudicated delinquent.
(2) The juvenile
escapes from a youth development center, and the juvenile has been adjudicated
delinquent for an offense that would be a felony or a Class A1 misdemeanor if
committed by an adult.
(b) When a juvenile
escapes from a detention facility or secure custody, and the juvenile
has been adjudicated for an offense that would be a Class 1, 2, or 3
misdemeanor if committed by an adult, the Department may release to the
public within 24 hours the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph;
the name and location of the institution from which the juvenile escaped, or if
the juvenile's escape was not from an institution, the circumstances and
location of the escape; and a statement, based on the juvenile's record, of the
level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's threat to self or to others.
others if both of the following apply:
(1) The juvenile is alleged to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.
(2) The Department determines, based on the juvenile's record, that the juvenile presents a danger to self or others.
(c) If a juvenile subject to subsection (a) or (b) of this section is returned to custody before the disclosure required or permitted is made, the Department shall not make the disclosure.
(d) The Department shall maintain a photograph of every juvenile in its custody.
(e) Before information is released to the public under this section, the Department shall make a reasonable effort to notify a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the juvenile."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2008.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2008.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 2:47 p.m. this 4th day of August, 2008