NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 382

HOUSE BILL 608

AN ACT TO REWRITE G.S. 148-23, REGULATING THE CONDUCT OF PRISON EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 148-23 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"G. S. 148-23.  Prison employees not to use intoxicants or profanity. — No one addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, or narcotic drugs, shall be employed as superintendent, warden, guard, or in any other position connected with the State Department of Correction, where such position requires the incumbent to have any charge or direction of the prisoners; and anyone holding such position, or anyone who may be employed in any other capacity in the State prison system, who shall come under the influence of intoxicating liquors during hours of employment, or reports for duty under the effect of intoxicants, or narcotic drugs, or who shall become intoxicated, or uses narcotic drugs, under circumstances that bring discredit on the State Department of Correction, shall be subject to immediate dismissal from employment by any of the institutions and shall not be eligible for reinstatement to such position or be employed in any other position in any of the institutions. Any superintendent, warden, guard, supervisor, or other person holding any position in the State Department of Correction who curses a prisoner under his charge shall be subject to immediate dismissal from employment and shall not be eligible for reinstatement."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1969.