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  G.S. 148-26(a)(3) is hereby repealed in its entirety.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.