GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
SESSION LAW 2015-47
HOUSE BILL 294
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.
For purposes of this subsection, a delinquent juvenile in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall mean a juvenile confined in a youth development center or a detention facility as defined in G.S. 7B‑1501, and shall include transportation of a juvenile to or from confinement.
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SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of May, 2015.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 10:30 a.m. this 2nd day of June, 2015