GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

 

 

CHAPTER 1000

SENATE BILL 885

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO CHARGE A FEE FOR DRUG TESTING AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION OR PAROLE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1343(b1)(7) reads as rewritten:

"(7)      Submit at reasonable times to warrantless searches by a probation officer of his person and of his vehicle and premises while he is present, for purposes specified by the court and reasonably related to his probation supervision, but the probationer may not be required to submit to any other search that would otherwise be unlawful. Whenever the warrantless search consists of testing for the presence of illegal drugs, the probationer may also be required to reimburse the Department of Correction for the actual cost of drug screening and drug testing, if the results are positive."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 15A-1374(b)(11) reads as rewritten:

"(11)   Submit at reasonable times to searches of his person by a parole officer for purposes reasonably related to his parole supervision.  The Commission may not require as a condition of parole that the parolee submit to any other searches that would otherwise be unlawful. Whenever the search consists of testing for the presence of illegal drugs, the parolee may also be required to reimburse the Department of Correction for the actual cost of drug testing and drug screening, if the results are positive."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of July, 1992.

 

James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

 

Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives