North Carolina Statutes

Chapter 164 Concerning the General Statutes of North Carolina

Article 1 - The General Statutes.

Article 2 - The General Statutes Commission.

  • § 164-12   Creation; name
    There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as "The General Statutes Commission." (1945, c. 157.)
  • § 164-13   Duties; use of funds
    (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission: (1) To advise and cooperate with the Division of Legislative Drafting and Codification of Statutes of...
  • § 164-14   Membership; appointments; terms; vacancies
    (a) The Commission shall consist of 12 members, who shall be appointed as follows: (1) One member, by the president of the North Carolina State...
  • § 164-15   Meetings; quorum
    The Commission shall hold not less than two regular meetings each year, of which one shall be held in June and one in November, at...
  • § 164-16   Officers
    At its regular June meeting in the odd‑numbered years the Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice‑chairman for a term of two years and...
  • § 164-17   Committees; rules
    The Commission may elect, or may authorize its chairman to appoint, such committees of the Commission as it may deem proper. The Commission may adopt...
  • § 164-18   Reports
    The Commission shall submit to each regular session of the General Assembly a report of its work during the preceding two years, together with such...
  • § 164-19   Compensation
    Members of the Commission shall be paid the amount of per diem provided by G.S. 138‑5 for attendance upon meetings of the Commission, or upon...
  • § 164-20 through 164-24   Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - Commission on Code Recodification.

Article 4 - Sentencing Commission.

  • § 164-35   Commission established
    The North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission is established. As used in this Article, the term "Commission" means the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy...
  • § 164-36   Powers and duties
    (a) Sentences established for violations of the State's criminal laws should be based on the established purposes of our criminal justice and corrections systems. The...
  • § 164-37   Membership; chairman; meetings; quorum
    The Commission shall consist of 30 members as follows: (1) The Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court shall appoint a sitting or former...
  • § 164-38   Terms of members; compensation; expenses
    The terms of existing members shall expire on June 30, 1997, unless they resign or are removed. New members shall be appointed or the existing...
  • § 164-39   Executive director and other staff
    The Commission shall employ an Executive Director from candidates presented to it by the Chairman and the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts....
  • § 164-40   Correction population simulation model; Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention facilities population simulation model
    (a) The Commission shall develop a correctional population simulation model, and shall have first priority to apply the model to a given fact situation, or...
  • § 164-41   Classification of offenses – ranges of punishment
    (a) The Commission shall classify criminal offenses into felony and misdemeanor categories on the basis of their severity. (b) In determining the proper category for...
  • § 164-42   Sentencing structures
    (a) The Commission shall recommend structures for use by a sentencing court in determining the most appropriate sentence to be imposed in a criminal case,...
  • § 164-42.1   Policy recommendations
    (a) Using the studies of the Special Committee on Prisons, the Governor's Crime Commission, and other analyses, including testimony from representatives of the bodies that...
  • § 164-42.2   Community corrections
    The Commission shall recommend a comprehensive community corrections strategy and organizational structure for the State based upon the following: (1) A review of existing community‑based...
  • § 164-43   Priority of duties; reports; continuing duties
    (a) The Commission shall have two primary duties, and other secondary duties essential to accomplishing the primary ones. The Commission may establish subcommittees or advisory...
  • § 164-44   Statistical information; financial or other aid
    (a) The Commission shall have the secondary duty of collecting, developing, and maintaining statistical data relating to sentencing, corrections, and juvenile justice so that the...
  • § 164-45   Administrative direction and supervision
    The Commission shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Commission shall exercise all...
  • § 164-46   Repealed by Session Laws 1998-212, s. 16.18(b)
  • § 164-47   Biennial Report on Recidivism
    The Judicial Department, through the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, and the Department of Correction shall jointly conduct ongoing evaluations of community corrections...
  • § 164-48   Biennial report on juvenile recidivism
    The Judicial Department, through the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, shall conduct biennial recidivism studies of juveniles in North Carolina. Each study shall...