N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1150

History

(2011-192, s. 6(b).)

Criminal Justice Partnership. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 18.8(a)-(e), provides: "(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may use funds appropriated pursuant to the Criminal Justice Partnership Act, Article 6A of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, to provide more than one community]based corrections program.

"(b) Effective July 1, 2011, the Department of Correction shall recalculate the county allocation funding formula mandated under G.S. 143B]273.15 using updated data.

"(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 143B]273.15 specifying that grants to participating counties are for the full fiscal year and that unobligated funds are returned to the State]County Criminal Justice Partnership Account at the end of the grant period, the Department of Correction may reallocate unspent or unclaimed funds distributed to counties participating in the State]County Criminal Justice Partnership Program in an effort to maintain the level of services realized in previous fiscal years.

"(d) The Department of Correction may not deny funds to a county to support both a residential program and a day reporting center if the Department of Correction determines that the county has a demonstrated need and a fully developed plan for each type of sanction.

"(e) The Department of Correction shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety, and the Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee on the status of the State]County Criminal Justice Partnership Program. The report shall include the following information:

"(1) The amount of funds carried over from the prior fiscal year;

"(2) The dollar amount and purpose of grants awarded to counties as discretionary grants for the current fiscal year;

"(3) Any counties the Department anticipates will submit requests for new implementation grants;

"(4) An update on efforts to ensure that all counties make use of the electronic reporting system, including the number of counties submitting offender participation data via the system;

"(5) An analysis of offender participation data received, including data on each program's utilization and capacity;

"(6) An analysis of comparable programs prepared by the Division of Research and Planning, Department of Correction, including a comparison of programs in each program type on selected outcome measures developed by the Division of Community Corrections in consultation with the Fiscal Research Division and the Division of Research and Planning, and a summary of the reports prepared by county Criminal Justice Partnerships Advisory Boards;

"(7) A review of whether each sentenced offender program is meeting established program goals developed by the Division of Community Corrections in consultation with the Division of Research and Planning and the State Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board;

"(8) The number of community offenders and intermediate offenders served by each county program;

"(9) The amount of Criminal Justice Partnership funds spent on community offenders and intermediate offenders; and

"(10) A short description of the services and programs provided by each partnership, including who the service providers are and the amount of funds each service provider receives."

For prior similar provisions, see Session Laws 2001-424, s. 25.16(d), Session Laws 2005-276, s. 17.23(d), Session Laws 2007-323, s. 17.15(a)-(d), and Session Laws 2009-451, s. 19.11(a)-(e).

G.S. 143B-274.1 through 143B-274.11 were enacted by Session Laws 2011-192, s. 6(b), effective July 1, 2011, as Article 6B of Chapter 143B. Article 6B was renumbered as Subpart B of Part 6 of Article 13 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.

This section was enacted as G.S. 143B-274.1. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.

Session Laws 2011-192, s. 10 provides in part: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions."

Session Laws 2011-192, s. 6(c), made this subpart effective July 1, 2011.

Session Laws 2011-192, s. 9, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Justice Reinvestment Act of 2011.'"