NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 8

SENATE BILL 17

 

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE FOR PARDONS TO BE GIVEN EFFECT BY THE NORTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 17C-10(c) is amended by adding a sentence at the end of the first paragraph to read:

"When a person presents competent evidence that he has been granted an unconditional pardon, to include but not be limited to a Pardon of Forgiveness, for a crime in this State, any other state, or the United States, the Commission shall not deny, suspend, or revoke that person's certification based solely on the commission of that crime or an alleged lack of good moral character due to the commission of that crime."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of February, 1981.