NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1061

HOUSE BILL 939

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO BE USED TO INCREASE THE RATE OF INCENTIVE PAY FOR DELINQUENT JUVENILES COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE INCENTIVE WORK PROGRAM OF THE DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES.

 

Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes the rehabilitative value of work for delinquent juveniles who are in the State's system of training schools; and

Whereas, the Division of Youth Services currently has funds available in sufficient quantity to pay incarcerated juveniles at the rate of ten cents (10¢) per hour when such juveniles participate in the Division of Youth Services' incentive work program; and

Whereas, the General Assembly believes that the sum of ten cents (10¢) per hour is inadequate to provide sufficient incentive to encourage incarcerated delinquent juveniles to participate in the incentive work program of the Division of Youth Services to a degree sufficient to instill in such juveniles an appreciation for the value of good work habits; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Youth Services, for the purpose of increasing the rate of incentive pay for Division of Youth Services students from ten cents (10¢) per hour to twenty‑five cents (25¢) per hour, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in fiscal year 1977-1978 and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in fiscal year 1978-1979.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.