North Carolina § 143B-901 - Reporting system and database on certain domestic-violence-related homicides; reports by law enforcement agencies required; annual report to the General Assembly.

§ 143B-901. Reporting system and database on certain domestic-violence-related homicides; reports by law enforcement agencies required; annual report to the General Assembly.

The Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the North Carolina Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission, the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, and the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police, shall develop a reporting system and database that reflects the number of homicides in the State where the offender and the victim had a personal relationship, as defined by G.S. 50B-1(b) . The information in the database shall also include the type of personal relationship that existed between the offender and the victim, whether the victim had obtained an order pursuant to G.S. 50B-3 , and whether there was a pending charge for which the offender was on pretrial release pursuant to G.S. 15A-534.1. All State and local law enforcement agencies shall report information to the Department of Public Safety upon making a determination that a homicide meets the reporting system's criteria. The report shall be made in the format adopted by the Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety shall report to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, no later than April 1 of each year, with the data collected for the previous calendar year. History (2007-14, s. 2; 2014-100, s. 17.1(g), (rr); 2016-94, s. 17B.2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2007-14, s. 2, was codified as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2007-14, s. 2, provides, in part: "The Attorney General's Office shall begin collecting data required by this act for offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2007." This section was formerly G.S. 114-2.7. It was recodified as G.S. 143B-901 by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(g), effective July 1, 2014. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(bbbb), provides: "The Department of Public Safety shall make the following reports on progress implementing this section to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and to the chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety: "(1) An interim report on or before January 1, 2015. "(2) A second interim report on or before April 1, 2015. "(3) A final report on or before October 1, 2015. This report may include any recommendations for changes to applicable statutes." Session Laws 2014-100, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2014.'" Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.4, except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 38.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(rr), effective July 1, 2014, substituted "Department of Public Safety" for "Attorney General's Office" throughout the section; and substituted "Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety" for "Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence" in the last sentence. Session Laws 2016-94, s. 17B.2, effective July 1, 2016, in the last sentence, inserted "chairs of the" and substituted "April 1" for "February 1."