North Carolina § 14-208 - 44. Failure to enroll; tampering with device.

§ 14-208. 44. Failure to enroll; tampering with device.

Any person required to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring program who fails to enroll shall be guilty of a Class F felony. Any person who intentionally tampers with, removes, vandalizes, or otherwise interferes with the proper functioning of a device issued pursuant to a satellite-based monitoring program to a person duly enrolled in the program shall be guilty of a Class E felony. Any person required to enroll in a satellite-based monitoring program who fails to provide necessary information to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice or fails to cooperate with the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice's guidelines and regulations for the program shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For purposes of this section, "enroll" shall include appearing, as directed by the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice to receive the necessary equipment. History (2006-247, s. 15(a); 2007-213, s. 6; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(aa).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2006-247, s. 15(a), enacted this section as G.S. 14-208.37. It was recodified as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2006-247, s. 15(l), provides: "Unless otherwise provided in the section, this section is effective when it becomes law [August 16, 2006] and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. This section also applies to any person sentenced to intermediate punishment on or after that date and to any person released from prison by parole or post-release supervision on or after that date. This section also applies to any person who completes his or her sentence on or after the effective date of this section who is not on post-release supervision or parole. However, the requirement to enroll in a satellite-based program is not mandatory until January 1, 2007, when the program is established." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-213, s. 6, effective December 1, 2007, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, substituted "vandalizes, or otherwise interferes with the proper functioning of" for "or vandalizes" in subsection (b); and added subsections (c) and (d). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction" for "Department." Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(aa), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" in subsections (c) and (d) and substituted "Correction and Juvenile Justice's" for "Correction's" near the end of subsection (c).