S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 18B.2 of S.L. 2018-5 provides the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission (Commission), in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, must study the most effective setting to house and provide appropriate treatment services for Driving While Impaired Aggravated Level One and Level One offenders. The study will consider whether State prisons, county jails, or dedicated multicounty jail treatment facilities are the most appropriate setting.

The Commission will report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety by February 1, 2019.

This section became effective on July 1, 2018.