§ 7A-775. Sentencing services board. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑775.  Sentencingservices board.

(a)        Each sentencingservices program shall establish a sentencing services board to providedirection and assistance to the sentencing services program in theimplementation and evaluation of the plan. Sentencing services boards may beorganized as nonprofit corporations under Chapter 55A of the General Statutes.The sentencing services board shall consist of not less than 12 members, andshall include, insofar as possible, judges, district attorneys, attorneys,social workers, law‑enforcement officers, probation officers, and otherinterested persons. The sentencing services board shall meet on a regularbasis, and its duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)        Preparation andsubmission of the sentencing services program plan to the senior residentsuperior court judge and the Director annually, as provided in G.S. 7A‑772(a);

(1a)      Development of anannual budget for the program;

(2)        Hiring, firing, andevaluation of program personnel;

(3)        Selection of boardmembers;

(4)        Arranging for anannual financial audit.

(5)        Development ofprocedures for contracting for services.

(b)        If the board servesas an advisory board to a sentencing services program located in a local orState agency, the board's duties do not include budgeting and personneldecisions. (1983,c. 909, s. 1; 1991, c. 566, ss. 2, 6; 1999‑306, s. 1; 2006‑203, s.11; 2006‑264, s. 1(a).)