GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 601

Short Title:  DOC Prisoners' Uniforms.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Rand; Ballance, Dannelly, Gulley, and Martin of Guilford.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF CORRECTION HAS SOLE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THE UNIFORMS WORN BY INMATES CONFINED IN THE DIVISION OF PRISONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 17.20 of S.L. 1998-212 is repealed.
Section 2.  The Secretary of Correction has sole authority to designate the uniforms worn by inmates confined in the Division of Prisons.  Unless the Secretary determines otherwise, all State inmates housed in local confinement facilities shall wear uniforms consistent with those worn by inmates confined in the Division of Prisons.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.