North Carolina HB 2492: Amend Release of Juvenile Escape Info.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2008-169
HOUSE BILL 2492

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RELEASE OF JUVENILE
IDENTIFICATION UPON ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY, BASED ON
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE CORRECTIONS,
CRIME CONTROL, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 7B-3102 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7B-3102. Disclosure of information about juveniles who escape.
(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 7B-2102(d) or any other law to the contrary, within 24
hours of the time a juvenile escapes from custody the Department shall release to the
public the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph; the name and location of the
institution from which the juvenile escaped;escaped, or if the juvenile's escape was not
from an institution, the circumstances and location of the escape; and a statement, based
on the juvenile's record, of the level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's
threat to self or to others, if:if
(1) The the juvenile escapes from a detention facility, secure custody, or a
youth development center and the juvenile is alleged to have
committed an offense that would be a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, or E
felony if committed by an adult.has been adjudicated delinquent.
(2) The juvenile escapes from a youth development center, and the
juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a
felony or a Class A1 misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
(b) When a juvenile escapes from a detention facility or secure custody, and the
juvenile has been adjudicated for an offense that would be a Class 1, 2, or 3
misdemeanor if committed by an adult, the Department may release to the public within
24 hours the juvenile's first name, last initial, and photograph; the name and location of
the institution from which the juvenile escaped, or if the juvenile's escape was not from
an institution, the circumstances and location of the escape; and a statement, based on
the juvenile's record, of the level of concern of the Department as to the juvenile's threat
to self or to others. others if both of the following apply:
(1) The juvenile is alleged to have committed an offense that would be a
felony if committed by an adult.
(2) The Department determines, based on the juvenile's record, that the
juvenile presents a danger to self or others.
(c) If a juvenile subject to subsection (a) or (b) of this section is returned to
custody before the disclosure required or permitted is made, the Department shall not
make the disclosure.
(d) The Department shall maintain a photograph of every juvenile in its custody.
(e) Before information is released to the public under this section, the
Department shall make a reasonable effort to notify a parent, legal guardian, or
custodian of the juvenile."

Page 2 Session Law 2008-169 SL2008-0169
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2008.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17
th day of
July, 2008.

s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate

s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor

Approved 2:47 p.m. this 4
th day of August, 2008