North Carolina General Statutes 7A-796. Local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committees
Each judicial district choosing to establish a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court shall form a local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committee, which shall be comprised to assure representation appropriate to the type or types of local judicially managed accountability and recovery court operations to be conducted in the district and shall consist of persons appointed by the senior resident superior court judge with the concurrence of the chief district court judge and the district attorney for that district, chosen from the following list:
(1) A judge of the superior court.
(2) A judge of the district court.
(3) A district attorney or assistant district attorney.
(4) A public defender or assistant public defender in judicial districts served by a public defender, a member of the private criminal defense bar, or a member of the private bar who represents respondents in department of social services juvenile matters.
(5) An attorney representing a county department of social services, the director or director’s designee of the child welfare services division of a county department of social services, or a representative of the guardian ad litem from within the district.
(6) Repealed by Session Law 2021-180.
(7) Repealed by Session Law 2021-180.
(8) Repealed by Session Law 2021-180.
(9) A clerk of superior court.
(10) Repealed by Session Law 2021-180.
(11) Repealed by Session Law 2021-180.
(12) The chief juvenile court counselor for the district.
(13) A probation officer.
(13a) The sheriff or sheriff’s designee.
(14) A local law enforcement officer.
(15) A representative of the local school administrative unit.
(16) A representative of the local community college or other adjacent secondary educational institution with a school of social work.
(17) A representative of the treatment providers.
(18) A representative of the area mental health entity managed care organization.
(19) Any local recovery court coordinator.
(20) Any other persons selected by the local management committee.
The local drug treatment court management committee shall develop local guidelines and procedures, not inconsistent with the State guidelines, that are necessary for the operation and evaluation of the local drug treatment court. ?(1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. 9; 1998-212, s. 16.15(a), (f); 2001-424, s. 22.8(e); 2008-187, s. 4; 2021-180, s. 16.5(a); 2022-6, s. 8.2(d).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 7A-796
- 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
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- 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