(a)        Each sentencing services program shall establish a sentencing services board to provide direction and assistance to the sentencing services program in the implementation and evaluation of the plan. Sentencing services boards may be organized as nonprofit corporations under Chapter 55A of the N.C. Gen. Stat.. The sentencing services board shall consist of not less than 12 members, and shall include, insofar as possible, judges, district attorneys, attorneys, social workers, law-enforcement officers, probation officers, and other interested persons. The sentencing services board shall meet on a regular basis, and its duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)        Preparation and submission of the sentencing services program plan to the senior resident superior court judge and the Director annually, as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-772(a);

(1a)      Development of an annual budget for the program;

(2)        Hiring, firing, and evaluation of program personnel;

(3)        Selection of board members;

(4)        Arranging for an annual financial audit.

(5)        Development of procedures for contracting for services.

(b)        If the board serves as an advisory board to a sentencing services program located in a local or State agency, the board’s duties do not include budgeting and personnel decisions. (1983, c. 909, s. 1; 1991, c. 566, ss. 2, 6; 1999-306, s. 1; 2006-203, s. 11; 2006-264, s. 1(a).)

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 7A-775

  • Director: means the Director of Indigent Defense Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 7A-771
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Sentencing services program: means an agency or State-run office within the superior court district which shall (i) prepare sentencing plans; (ii) arrange or contract with public and private agencies for necessary services for offenders; and (iii) assist offenders in initially obtaining services ordered as part of a sentence entered pursuant to a sentencing plan, if the assistance is not available otherwise. See North Carolina General Statutes 7A-771
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3