NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1062

SENATE BILL 337

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM STANDARDS ON BAIL, SUMMONS, AND RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 15-20 is amended by adding at the end of the first sentence of the second paragraph thereof as follows:

"The Chief Judge of the District Court Division of the General Court of Justice of each district shall devise and issue a recommended policy which may be followed on the use of a summons instead of a warrant of arrest."

Sec. 2.  Article 10 of G.S. Chapter 15 is amended by adding a new Section G.S. 15-103 1/2 as follows:

"Sec. 15-103 1/2.  Chief Judges to issue policies. The Chief Judge of the District Court Division of the General Court of Justice of each district shall devise and issue recommended policies which may be followed on the use of bail and the amounts thereof; the use of release on a person's own recognizance, and the use of unsecured appearance bonds and the amounts thereof."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1969.