NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 2
HOUSE BILL 13

AN ACT TO EXPEDITE THE WORKING PROCEDURES OF THE PAROLE COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-267 as the same appears in the 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by repealing the third paragraph thereof, which reads as follows: "A majority of the full-time members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business." and in lieu thereof, shall be substituted the following:
"With regard to the transaction of the business of the commission the following procedure shall be followed: The chairman shall designate panels of two voting commission members and shall designate a third commissioner to serve as an alternate member of a panel. Insofar as practicable, the chairman shall assign the members to panels in such fashion that each commissioner sits a substantially equal number of times with each other commissioner. Whenever any matter of business, such as the granting, denying, revoking or rescinding of parole, or the authorization of work release privileges to a prisoner, shall come before the commission for consideration and action, the chairman shall refer such matter to a panel. Action may be taken by concurring vote of the two sitting panel members. If there is not a concurring vote of the two panel members, the matter will be referred to the alternate member who shall cast the deciding vote. However, no person serving a sentence of life imprisonment shall be granted parole or work release privileges except by majority vote of the full commission."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of January, 1979.