North Carolina § 7B-4000 - Short title.

§ 7B-4000. Short title.

This Article may be cited as "The Interstate Compact for Juveniles". History (2005-194, s. 1.) Cross References. - For compact with states that have not adopted this compact but adopted the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, see Article 28 of this Chapter, see G.S. 7B-2800 et seq. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-194, which enacted this Article, in s. 5, states in part, that this Article becomes effective only when 35 states have adopted The Interstate Compact for Juveniles, as set forth in the Compact. By letter dated September 29, 2008, the Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention notified the Revisor of Statutes that the Interstate Compact for Juveniles has become effective under the terms of the Compact because 35 states have now adopted it. Illinois became the 35th state when the Governor signed the legislation adopting the Compact in Illinois on August 26, 2008. Session Laws 2005-194, s. 4, effective July 15, 2005, provided: "This act shall not be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement the provisions of this act. The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall implement the provisions of this act with funds that are otherwise appropriated or available to the Department." On August 15, 2014, the Revisor of Statutes was notified by the Department of Public Safety, pursuant to Session Laws 2005-194, s. 3, that the State of Georgia, the last remaining state, had adopted The Interstate Compact for Juveniles. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Brain Science and the Theory of Juvenile Mens Rea," see 94 N.C.L. Rev. 539 (2016).