2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 120-70.94. Purpose and powers of Committee.

§ 120‑70.94.  Purpose and powers of Committee.

(a)       The Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, the correctional, law enforcement, and juvenile justice systems in North Carolina, in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to improve those systems and to assist those systems in realizing their objectives of protecting the public and of punishing and rehabilitating offenders. In this examination, the Committee shall:

(1)       Study the budget, programs, and policies of the Departments of Correction, Crime Control and Public Safety, and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to determine ways in which the General Assembly may improve the effectiveness of those Departments;

(2)       Examine the effectiveness of the Department of Correction in implementing the public policy stated in G.S. 148‑26 of providing work assignments and employment for inmates as a means of reducing the cost of maintaining the inmate population while enabling inmates to acquire or retain skills and work habits needed to secure honest employment after their release;

(2a)     Examine the effectiveness of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety in implementing the duties and responsibilities charged to the Department in G.S. 143B‑474 and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement in the State;

(2b)     Examine the effectiveness of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in implementing the duties and responsibilities charged to the Department in Article 12 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the juvenile justice system in the State; and

(3)       Study any other matters that the Committee considers necessary.

(b)       The Committee may make interim reports to the General Assembly on matters for which it may report to a regular session of the General Assembly. A report to the General Assembly may contain any legislation needed to implement a recommendation of the Committee. (1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 49(a); 1997‑443, s. 21.4(a); 2001‑138, s. 1.)