Bill Text: NC S566 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Teen Court/Drug Court Justice Act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget [S566 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S566-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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SENATE BILL 566
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Short Title: Teen Court/Drug Court Justice Act. |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Stein (Primary Sponsor); and Robinson. |
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Referred to: |
Appropriations/Base Budget. |
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April 2, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to expand teen court programs and restore funding for drug treatment court programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2013‑2014 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year to provide funding to expand teen courts to counties where they have not been established. The Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall develop criteria for evaluating teen court grant applicants and shall develop a competitive process for awarding those grants.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of two million seven hundred fifty‑five thousand one hundred forty‑one dollars ($2,755,141) for the 2013‑2014 fiscal year and the sum of two million nine hundred ninety‑five thousand two hundred forty‑nine dollars ($2,995,249) for the 2014‑2015 fiscal year to restore funding for those drug treatment court programs authorized under Article 62 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes for which funding was eliminated in the 2011 budget.
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.
