North Carolina § 15B-1 - Short title.

§ 15B-1. Short title.

This Article may be cited as the "North Carolina Crime Victims Compensation Act." History (1983, c. 832, s. 1; 1991, c. 301, s. 1; 2004-159, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1983, c. 832, s. 6, as amended by Session Laws 1991, c. 301, s. 1, provides: "This act shall become effective when funds are appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety [Department of Public Safety] to implement the provisions of this act. No claims may be filed under this act for any criminally injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this act. The Revisor of Statutes is informed that funds were appropriated by Session Laws 1987, c. 738, s. 118." Session Laws 2004-159, s. 1, effective October 1, 2004, and applicable to contracts for profit from crime entered into on or after that date or funds of an offender that have accrued on or after that date, provides: "Sections 1 through 25 of Chapter 15B of the General Statutes are redesignated as Article 1 of Chapter 15B . The Revisor of Statutes is authorized to make changes in the newly designated Article 1 that will reflect the results of the recodification." Session Laws 2004-159, s. 4, contains a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1982 law relating to criminal law, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1060 (1983). For comment, "Repairing the Breach and Reconciling the Discordant: Mediation in the Criminal Justice System," see 72 N.C.L. Rev. 1479 (1994).