NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION
CHAPTER 824
SENATE BILL 893
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 66 AND 148 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES CONCERNING STATE POLICY ON PRISON LABOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 148-26(a)(1) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"(1) The project or service involves a type of work by which inmates can develop a skill to better equip themselves to return to society;".
Sec. 2. G.S. 148-26(a)(3) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Sec. 3. G.S. 148-26(e) is hereby amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows:
"Such work may include but is not limited to work with State or local government agencies in cleaning, construction, landscaping and maintenance of roads, parks, nature trails, bikeways, cemeteries, landfills or other government-owned or operated facilities."
Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1977.