North Carolina § 7A-411 - Establishment and purpose.

§ 7A-411. Establishment and purpose.

There is created the Conference of District Attorneys of North Carolina, of which every district attorney in North Carolina is a member. The purpose of the Conference is to assist in improving the administration of justice in North Carolina by coordinating the prosecution efforts of the various district attorneys, by assisting them in the administration of their offices, and by exercising the powers and performing the duties provided for in this Article. History (1983, c. 761, s. 152.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-153, s. 5, provides: The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys shall conduct a study of additional measures that may be taken to stop criminal activities that involve the sale of children. In its study, the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys shall consider the measures taken by other states to address this type of criminal activity. The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys shall submit a final written report of its findings and recommendations, including any additional legislative proposals, regarding this issue to the 2013 General Assembly by January 30, 2013." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 18A.9, provides: "Whenever a criminal case is dismissed as a direct result of a delay in the analysis of evidence by the State Crime Laboratory, the district attorney for the district in which the case was dismissed shall report that dismissal and the facts surrounding it to the Conference of District Attorneys. The Conference of District Attorneys shall compile any such reports of dismissals and, in coordination with the State Crime Laboratory, shall report them quarterly starting October 30, 2015, to the chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety and to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause.