GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 662

Short Title:        Electronic Monitoring Fee.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Cook and Shepard (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Finance.

April 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize counties thaT PROVIDE ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR OFFENDERS to collect a fee to recover the actual costs of providing THAT monitoring.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 28 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 7A-313.1.  Fee for costs of electronic monitoring.

A county that provides the personnel, equipment, and other costs of providing electronic monitoring as a condition of an offender's bond or pretrial release may collect a fee from the offender of no more than the actual costs of providing the electronic monitoring."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.