NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 425

HOUSE BILL 752

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SECURE AND NONSECURE CUSTODY ORDERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 7A-573 is amended by rewriting the second paragraph to read: "Any district court judge shall have the authority to issue secure and nonsecure custody orders pursuant to G.S. 7A-574. The chief district judge may delegate the court's authority to persons other than district court judges by administrative order which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of superior court. The administrative order shall specify which persons shall be contacted for approval of a secure or nonsecure custody order pursuant to G.S. 7A-574 and may include intake counselors and other members of the chief court counselor's staff."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1981.