North Carolina § 15-209 - Accommodations for probation offices.

§ 15-209. Accommodations for probation offices.

The county commissioners in each county in which a probation office exists shall provide, in or near the courthouse, suitable office space for those probation officers assigned to the county who have probationary caseloads and their administrative support. This requirement does not include management staff of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, nonprobation staff, or other Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety employees. If a county is unable to provide the space required under subsection (a) of this section for any reason, it may elect to request that the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety lease space for the probation office and receive reimbursement from the county for the leased space. If a county fails to reimburse the Division for such leased space, the Secretary of Public Safety may request that the Administrative Office of the Courts transfer the unpaid amount to the Division from the county's court and jail facility fee remittances. History (1937, c. 132, s. 13; 2009-451, s. 19.19; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), (i); 2017-186, s. 2(pp).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-451, s. 19.19, effective July 1, 2009, substituted "offices" for "officers" in the section heading; designated the previously existing provisions as subsection (a); in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted "office exists" for "officer serves" near the middle, and "those probation officers assigned to the county who have probationary caseloads and their administrative support" for "such officer" at the end, and added the last sentence; and added subsection (b). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h) and (i), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety" for "Department of Correction," "Division" for "Department" and "Secretary of Public Safety" for "Secretary of Correction" throughout the section. Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(pp), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" following "Division of Adult Correction" throughout the section.