GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 276 
HOUSE BILL 510 

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE JUVENILE CODE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JUVENILE LAW STUDY COMMISSION. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-655(2), as it appears in Volume 1B, 1981 Replacement, is amended by rewriting the last line to read: 
"supervision, has completed a maximum commitment for his offense, or is 18 years of age." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-289.6(1) is rewritten to read: 
"(1)	To conduct a prehearing social study of any child alleged to be delinquent or undisciplined, provided that no social study shall be made prior to an adjudication that the child is within the juvenile jurisdiction of the court unless the child and his parent or attorney or guardian or custodian files a written statement with the court counselor granting permission and giving consent to such prehearing social study; when such a prehearing social study has been completed, the court counselor shall prepare a written report for the court summarizing the findings which shall contain recommendations as to the type of care and/or treatment needed by the child and which shall be in the form developed by the Administrator for such reports." 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of May, 1983.