North Carolina § 164-40 - Correction population simulation model; Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety facilities population simulation model.

§ 164-40. Correction population simulation model; Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety facilities population simulation model.

The Commission shall develop a correctional population simulation model, and shall have first priority to apply the model to a given fact situation, or theoretical change in the sentencing laws, when requested to do so by the Chairman, the Executive Director, or the Commission as a whole. The Commission shall develop a Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety facilities population simulation model, and shall have first priority to apply the model to a given fact situation, or theoretical change in the dispositional laws set forth in Chapter 7B of the General Statutes, when requested to do so by the Chairman, the Executive Director, or the Commission as a whole. The Executive Director or the Chairman shall make the model available to respond to inquiries by any State legislator, or by the Secretary of Public Safety, in second priority to the work of the Commission. The Executive Director or the Chairman shall make the model available to respond to inquiries by any State legislator, or by the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, in second priority to the work of the Commission. History (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1076, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 812, s. 12; c. 816, s. 1; 1993, c. 253, s. 5.1; c. 321, s. 200.1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, s. 6(a); 1995, c. 236, s. 1; 1997-256, s. 6; 1997-347, s. 2; 1997-401, s. 2; 1997-418, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 18.6(a); 1998-202, s. 10(b); 2000-137, s. 4(ii); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), (i), ( l ); 2011-391, s. 43(f); 2017-186, s. 2(mmmmmmmmm).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2011-391, s. 43(f), effective July 1, 2011, amended Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19(h), by deleting "164-40" from the list of sections. The amendment to this section by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), which would have substituted "Secretary of the Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Secretary of the Department of Correction" in the second paragraph of subsection (a) effective January 1, 2012, never took effect. Instead, subsection (a) was amended by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(i). Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(i) and ( l ), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Secretary of Public Safety" for "Secretary of the Department of Correction" in subsection (a) and substituted "Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention" in subsection (b). Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(mmmmmmmmm), effective December 1, 2017, substituted "Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice" for "Division of Juvenile Justice" in the section heading and throughout the section.