Bill Text: NC H535 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: All Arrestees Fingerprinted/Photographed

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-14 - Re-ref Com On Appropriations [H535 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-H535-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

H                                                                                                                                                   2

HOUSE BILL 535

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/14/13

 

Short Title:        All Arrestees Fingerprinted/Photographed.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 4, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO authorize the Joint Legislative oversight committee on justice and public safety to study REQUIRing ALL PERSONS ARRESTED OR IMPRISONED FOR A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR to be FINGERPRINTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety may study:

(1)        Requiring all persons arrested or imprisoned for a felony or misdemeanor to be fingerprinted and photographed;

(2)        The entities to be responsible for taking custody and release of the photographs and fingerprints;

(3)        Authorizing the taking of a person's photograph when a person is cited for a violation but not arrested and there is question as to the person's identity; and

(4)        Other issues relevant to the photographing and fingerprinting of persons cited, arrested, or imprisoned for violations of the law.

SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety shall report its findings and recommendations to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety on or before the convening of the 2015 General Assembly.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.