§ 7A-790 – Short title.
7A-790. Short title. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Act of 2021." (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. 9; 1998-212, s. 16.15(a); 2021-180, s. 16.5(a).)
§ 7A-791 – Purpose.
7A-791. Purpose. The General Assembly recognizes that a critical need exists in this State for judicial programs that will reduce the incidence of alcohol and other substance abuse or dependence and crimes, including the offense of driving while impaired, delinquent acts, and child abuse and neglect committed as a result of alcohol and other substance […]
§ 7A-792 – Goals.
7A-792. Goals. The goals of the judicially managed accountability and recovery courts funded under this Article include the following: (1) To reduce alcoholism and other substance abuse and dependencies among adult and juvenile offenders and defendants and among respondents in juvenile petitions for abuse, neglect, or both; (2) To reduce criminal and delinquent recidivism and […]
§ 7A-793 – Establishment of North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program.
7A-793. Establishment of Program. The North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program is established in the Administrative Office of the Courts to facilitate the creation, administration, and funding of local judicially managed accountability and recovery courts. The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide any necessary staff for planning, organizing, […]
§ 7A-759 – Role as deferral agency.
7A-759. Role as deferral agency. (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings is designated to serve as the State’s deferral agency for cases deferred by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the Office of Administrative Hearings as provided in Section 706 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5, the Age Discrimination in Employment […]
§ 7A-794 – Fund administration.
7A-794. Fund administration. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer funding related to the North Carolina Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Program. (1995, c. 507, s. 21.6(a); 1998-23, s. 9; 1998-212, s. 16.15(a), (d); 2007-393, s. 12; 2021-180, s. 16.5(a).)
§ 7A-760 – Number and status of employees; staff assignments.
7A-760. Number and status of employees; staff assignments; role of State Human Resources Commission. (a) The number of administrative law judges and employees of the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be established by the General Assembly. The Chief Administrative Law Judge and five employees of the Office of Administrative Hearings as designated by the Chief […]
§ 7A-795 – State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee.
7A-795. State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee. The State Judicially Managed Accountability and Recovery Court Advisory Committee is established to develop and recommend to the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts guidelines for the judicially managed accountability and recovery court program and to monitor local courts wherever they are implemented […]
§ 7A-761 – North Carolina Human Relations Commission.
7A-761. North Carolina Human Relations Commission. (a) There is hereby created the North Carolina Human Relations Commission of the Civil Rights Division of the Office of Administrative Hearings. The North Carolina Human Relations Commission shall have the following functions and duties: (1) To study problems concerning human relations; (2) To promote equality of opportunity for […]
§ 7A-796 – Local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committees.
7A-796. Local judicially managed accountability and recovery court committee. Each judicial district choosing to establish a 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 judicially managed accountability and recovery court operations to […]