North Carolina § 148-5 - Secretary to manage prison property.

§ 148-5. Secretary to manage prison property.

The Secretary of Public Safety shall manage and have charge of all the property and effects of the State prison system, and conduct all its affairs subject to the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations legally adopted for the government thereof. History (1933, c. 172, s. 4; 1955, c. 238, s. 3; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 18, s. 20.1 provides that in conjunction with the closing of small expensive prison units recommended for consolidation by the Government Performance Audit Committee, the Department of Correction [Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety] shall consult with the county or municipality in which the unit is located or any private for-profit or nonprofit firm about the possibility of converting that unit to other use. The Department may provide for the lease of any of these units to counties, municipalities, or private firms wishing to convert them to other use and the Department may also consider converting some of the units from medium security to minimum security, where that conversion would be cost-effective. Furthermore, the Department of Correction shall report quarterly to the Joint Legislative Corrections Oversight Committee on the conversion of these units to other use. For prior similar provisions, see Session Laws 2010-31, s. 19.10(a) and (b).