North Carolina § 143B-709 - Security Staffing.

§ 143B-709. Security Staffing.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall conduct: On-site postaudits of every prison at least once every three years; Regular audits of postaudit charts through the automated postaudit system; and Other staffing audits as necessary. The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall update the security staffing relief formula at least every three years. Each update shall include a review of all annual training requirements for security staff to determine which of these requirements should be mandatory and the appropriate frequency of the training. The Division shall survey other states to determine which states use a vacancy factor in their staffing relief formulas. History (2002-126, s. 17.5(a), (b); 2005-276, s. 17.4(a); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), (s); 2017-186, s. 1( l ).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2002-126, s. 17.5(a) and (b), effective July 1, 2002, were codified as subsections (a) and (b) of this section, respectively, at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Former G.S. 143B-262.5 was recodified by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(s), effective January 1, 2012. It was subsequently renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2003-284, s. 16.4(a)-(c), as amended by Session Laws 2004-124, s. 17.2, provides: "(a) The Department of Correction [Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety] shall conduct annual security staffing postaudits of each prison. "(b) The Department of Correction shall annually update the security staffing relief formula. Each update shall include a review of all annual training requirements for security staff to determine which of these requirements should be mandatory and the appropriate frequency of the training. "(c) The Department of Correction shall report on its progress in implementing the staffing recommendations of the National Institute of Corrections to the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety by February 1, 2005. The report shall include a status report on the implementation of a centralized postaudit control system and the automation of leave records. The report shall also provide an updated staffing relief formula and the methodology used to develop the updated formula." Session Laws 2003-284, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2003'." Session Laws 2003-284, s. 49.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2003-284, s. 49.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(s) recodified former Article 6 of Chapter 143B as Part 2 of Article 5A of Chapter 143B , effective January 1, 2012, but the statutory numbering remained the same. Article 5A was renumbered as Article 13, and former G.S. 143B-260 through 143B-271 were renumbered as G.S. 143B-700 through 143B-726 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. 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. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-276, s. 17.4(a), effective July 1, 2005, rewrote subsection (a); and in subsection (b), in the first sentence, substituted "at least every three years" for "biannually, the first update to be completed during the 2002-2003 fiscal year," and added the last sentence. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Correction" in the introductory language of subsection (a), and in the first sentence of subsection (b), and substituted "Division" for "Department" in the second sentence of subsection (b). Session Laws 2017-186, s. 1( l ), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" throughout the section.