GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 294

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/24/15

Short Title:        Prohibit Cell Phone/Delinquent Juvenile.‑AB	(Public)
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March 19, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make it a criminal offense to provide a cell phone to a delinquent juvenile in custody of the department of public safety.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑258.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14‑258.1.  Furnishing poison, controlled substances, deadly weapons, cartridges, ammunition or alcoholic beverages to inmates of charitable, mental or penal institutions or local confinement facilities; furnishing tobacco products including vapor products; or furnishing mobile phones to inmates.inmates or delinquent juveniles.

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(d)        Any person who knowingly gives or sells a mobile telephone or other wireless communications device, or a component of one of those devices, to an inmate in the custody of the Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety Safety, to a delinquent juvenile in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, or to an inmate in the custody of a local confinement facility, or any person who knowingly gives or sells any such device or component to a person who is not an inmate or delinquent juvenile for delivery to an inmate, inmate or delinquent juvenile, is guilty of a Class H felony.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.