NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 902
HOUSE BILL 1401

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 148-4 TO EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE COMMUNITY LEAVES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 148-4, as it appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended as follows:
(1)	By deleting from the fourth line in subdivision (5) the period (.) following the word "sister" and by inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon (;) and the word "or";
(2)	By adding a new subdivision to be numbered (6), immediately following subdivision (5), to read as follows:
"(6)	Participate in community based programs of rehabilitation, including, but not limited to the existing community volunteer and home-leave programs, and other programs determined by the Commissioner of Correction to be consistent with the prisoner's rehabilitation and return to society."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of February, 1974.