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NC Gen Stat § 153A-210.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 9A - Special Assessments for Critical Infrastructure Needs.|§ 153A-210.7 - (Article has an expiration date see note) Project implementation.

 153A-210.7. (Article has an expiration date - see note) Project implementation.A county may act directly, through one or more contracts with other public agencies, through one or more contracts with private agencies, or by any combination thereof to implement the project funded in whole or in part by the imposition of an assessment imposed under this Article. Initial funding for the project may be provided by the public or private agencies. If no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the estimated cost of a project is to be funded from the proceeds of general obligation bonds or general revenue, excluding assessments imposed pursuant to this Article, a private agency that enters into a contract with a county for the implementation of all or part of the project is subject to the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes only to the extent specified in the contract. In the event any contract relating to construction a substantial portion of which is to be performed on publicly owned property is excluded from the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143, the county or any trustee or fiduciary responsible for disbursing funds shall obtain certification acceptable to the county in the amount due for work done or materials supplied for which payment will be paid from such disbursement. If the county or any trustee or fiduciary responsible for disbursing funds receives notice of a claim from any person who would be entitled to a mechanic's or materialman's lien but for the fact that the claim relates to work performed on or supplies provided to publicly owned property, then either no disbursement of funds may be made until the county, trustee, or fiduciary receives satisfactory proof of resolution of the claim or funds in the amount of the claim shall be set aside for payment thereof upon resolution of the claim.  (2009-525, s. 1(c); 2013-371, s. 3; 2017-40, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-211 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-211 - Training and development programs for law enforcement.

 153A-211. Training and development programs for law enforcement.A county may plan and execute training and development programs for law-enforcement agencies, and for that purpose may:(1) Contract with other counties, cities, and the State and federal governments and their agencies;(2) Accept, receive, and disburse funds, grants, and services;(3) Pursuant to the procedures and provisions of Chapter 160A, Article 20, Part 1, create joint agencies to act for and on behalf of the participating counties and cities;(4) Apply for, receive, administer, and expend federal grant funds;(5) Appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. (1969, c. 1145, s. 2; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-212 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-212 - Cooperation in law-enforcement matters.

 153A-212. Cooperation in law-enforcement matters.A county may cooperate with the State and other local governments in law-enforcement matters, as permitted by G.S. 160A-283 (joint auxiliary police), by G.S. 160A-288 (emergency aid), G.S. 160A-288.1 (assistance by State law-enforcement officers), and by Chapter 160A, Article 20, Part 1. (1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1979, c. 639, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-212.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-212.1 - Resources to protect the public.

 153A-212.1. Resources to protect the public.Subject to the requirements of G.S. 7A-41, 7A-44.1, 7A-64, 7A-102, 7A-133, and 7A-498.7, a county may appropriate funds under contract with the State for the provision of services for the speedy disposition of cases involving drug offenses, domestic violence, or other offenses involving threats to public safety. Nothing in this section shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to make any appropriation to implement the provisions of this section. Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to obligate the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Office of Indigent Defense Services to maintain positions or services initially provided for under this section. (1999-237, s. 17.17(b); 2000-67, s. 15.4(e); 2001-424, s. 22.11(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-212.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-212.2 - Neighborhood crime watch programs.

 153A-212.2. Neighborhood crime watch programs.A county may establish neighborhood crime watch programs within the county to encourage residents and business owners to promote citizen involvement in securing homes, businesses, and personal property against criminal activity and to report suspicious activities to law enforcement officials. (2006-181, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-212.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-212.5 - Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2018-113, s. 15.1(c), effective October 1, 2018.

 153A-212.5: Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2018-113, s. 15.1(c), effective October 1, 2018.
NC Gen Stat § 153A-216 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-216 - Legislative policy.

 153A-216. Legislative policy.The policy of the General Assembly with respect to local confinement facilities is:(1) Local confinement facilities should provide secure custody of persons confined therein in order to protect the community and should be operated so as to protect the health and welfare of prisoners and provide for their humane treatment.(2) Minimum statewide standards should be provided to guide and assist local governments in planning, constructing, and maintaining confinement facilities and in developing programs that provide for humane treatment of prisoners and contribute to the rehabilitation of offenders.(3) The State should provide services to local governments to help improve the quality of administration and local confinement facilities. These services should include inspection, consultation, technical assistance, and other appropriate services.(4) Adequate qualifications and training of the personnel of local confinement facilities are essential to improving the quality of these facilities. The State shall establish entry level employment standards for jailers and supervisory and administrative personnel of local confinement facilities to include training as a condition of employment in a local confinement facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 17C and Chapter 17E and the rules promulgated thereunder.  (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1983, c. 745, s. 4; 2018-5, s. 17.1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-217 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-217 - Definitions.

 153A-217. Definitions.Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part:(1) "Commission" means the Social Services Commission.(2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.(3) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.(4) "Governing body" means the governing body of a county or city or the policy-making body for a district or regional confinement facility.(5) "Local confinement facility" includes a county or city jail, a local lockup, a regional or district jail, a juvenile detention facility, a detention facility for adults operated by a local government, and any other facility operated by a local government for confinement of persons awaiting trial or serving sentences except that it shall not include a county satellite jail/work release unit governed by Part 3 of Article 10 of Chapter 153A.(6) "Prisoner" includes any person, adult or juvenile, confined or detained in a confinement facility.(7) "Unit," "unit of local government," or "local government" means a county or city. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1969, c. 981, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 822, s. 1; 1987, c. 207, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998-202, s. 4(cc).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-218 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-218 - County confinement facilities.

 153A-218. County confinement facilities.A county may establish, acquire, erect, repair, maintain, and operate local confinement facilities and may for these purposes appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. Subject to the holdover provisions in G.S. 7B-2204, no person under the age of 18 may be held in a county confinement facility unless there is an agreement between the county confinement facility and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice allowing the housing of persons under the age of 18 at the facility or a portion of the facility that has been approved as a juvenile detention facility by the Juvenile Justice Section. A juvenile detention facility may be located in the same facility as a county jail provided that the juvenile detention facility meets the requirements of this Article and G.S. 147-33.40.  (1868, c. 20, s. 8; Code, s. 707; Rev., s. 1318; 1915, c. 140; C.S., s. 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 4(dd); 2020-83, s. 8(n).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-219 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-219 - District confinement facilities.

 153A-219. District confinement facilities.(a) Two or more units of local government may enter into and carry out an agreement to establish, finance, and operate a district confinement facility. The units may construct such a facility or may designate an existing facility as a district confinement facility. In addition, two or more units of local government may enter into and carry out agreements under which one unit may use the local confinement facility owned and operated by another. In exercising the powers granted by this section, the units shall proceed according to the procedures and provisions of Chapter 160A, Article 20, Part 1.(b) If a district confinement facility is established, the units involved shall provide for a jail administrator for the facility. The administrator need not be the sheriff or any other official of a participating unit. The administrator and the other custodial personnel of a district confinement facility have the authority of law-enforcement officers for the purposes of receiving, maintaining custody of, and transporting prisoners.(c) If a district confinement facility is established, or if one unit contracts to use the local confinement facility of another, the law-enforcement officers of the contracting units and the custodial personnel of the facility may transport prisoners to and from the facility.(d) The Department shall provide technical and other assistance to units wishing to exercise any of the powers granted by this section. (1933, c. 201; 1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1969, c. 743; 1971, c. 341, s. 1; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-220 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-220 - Jail and detention services.

 153A-220. Jail and detention services.The Commission has policy responsibility for providing and coordinating State services to local government with respect to local confinement facilities. The Department shall:(1) Consult with and provide technical assistance to units of local government with respect to local confinement facilities.(2) Develop minimum standards for the construction and operation of local confinement facilities.(3) Visit and inspect local confinement facilities; advise the sheriff, jailer, governing board, and other appropriate officials as to deficiencies and recommend improvements; and submit written reports on the inspections to appropriate local officials.(4) Review and approve plans for the construction and major modification of local confinement facilities.(5) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 745, s. 5, effective September 1, 1983.(6) Perform any other duties that may be necessary to carry out the State's responsibilities concerning local confinement facilities. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 822, s. 1; 1983, c. 745, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-221.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-221.1 - Standards and inspections.

 153A-221.1. Standards and inspections.The legal responsibility of the Juvenile Justice Section of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety for State services to county juvenile detention homes under this Article is hereby confirmed and shall include the following: development of State standards under the prescribed procedures; inspection; consultation; technical assistance; and training.The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, shall also develop standards under which a local jail may be approved as a holdover facility for not more than five calendar days pending placement in a juvenile detention home which meets State standards, providing the local jail is so arranged that any child placed in the holdover facility cannot converse with, see, or be seen by the adult population of the jail while in the holdover facility. The personnel responsible for the administration of a jail with an approved holdover facility shall provide close supervision of any child placed in the holdover facility for the protection of the child.  (1973, c. 1230, s. 2; c. 1262, s. 10; 1975, c. 426, s. 2; 1983, c. 768, s. 21; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998-202, s. 13(nn); 1999-423, s. 12; 2000-137, s. 4(hh); 2012-172, s. 2; 2013-360, s. 16D.7(c); 2017-186, s. 2(fffffffff).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-224 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-224 - Supervision of local confinement facilities.

 153A-224. Supervision of local confinement facilities.(a) No person may be confined in a local confinement facility unless custodial personnel are present and available to provide continuous supervision in order that custody will be secure and that, in event of emergency, such as fire, illness, assaults by other prisoners, or otherwise, the prisoners can be protected. These personnel shall supervise prisoners closely enough to maintain safe custody and control and to be at all times informed of the prisoners' general health and emergency medical needs.(b) In a medical emergency, the custodial personnel shall secure emergency medical care from a licensed physician according to the unit's plan for medical care. If a physician designated in the plan is not available, the personnel shall secure medical services from any licensed physician who is available. The unit operating the facility shall pay the cost of emergency medical services unless the inmate has third-party insurance, in which case the third-party insurer shall be the initial payor and the medical provider shall bill the third-party insurer. The county shall only be liable for costs not reimbursed by the third-party insurer, in which event the county may recover from the inmate the cost of the non-reimbursed medical services.(c) If a person violates any provision of this section, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1993, c. 510, c. 539, s. 1061; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-225.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-225.1 - Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious.

 153A-225.1. Duty of custodial personnel when prisoners are unconscious or semiconscious.(a) Whenever a custodial officer of a local confinement facility takes custody of a prisoner who is unconscious, semiconscious, or otherwise apparently suffering from some disabling condition and unable to provide information on the causes of the condition, the officer should make a reasonable effort to determine if the prisoner is wearing a bracelet or necklace containing the Medic Alert Foundation's emergency alert symbol to indicate that the prisoner suffers from diabetes, epilepsy, a cardiac condition or any other form of illness which would cause a loss of consciousness. If such a symbol is found indicating that the prisoner suffers from one of those conditions, the officer must make a reasonable effort to have appropriate medical care provided.(b) Failure of a custodial officer of a local confinement facility to make a reasonable effort to discover an emergency alert symbol as required by this section does not by itself establish negligence of the officer but may be considered along with other evidence to determine if the officer took reasonable precautions to ascertain the emergency medical needs of the prisoner in his custody.(c) A prisoner who is provided medical care under the provisions of this section is liable for the reasonable costs of that care unless he is indigent.(d) Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 818, s. 2. (1975, c. 306, s. 2; c. 818, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-225.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-225.2 - Payment of medical care of prisoners.

 153A-225.2. Payment of medical care of prisoners.(a) Counties shall reimburse those providers and facilities providing requested or emergency medical care outside of the local confinement facility the lesser amount of either a rate of seventy percent (70%) of the provider's then-current prevailing charge or two times the then-current Medicaid rate for any given service. Each county shall have the right to audit any provider from whom the county has received a bill for services under this section but only to the extent necessary to determine the actual prevailing charge to ensure compliance with this section.(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a county from contracting with a provider for services at rates that provide greater documentable cost avoidance for the county than do the rates contained in subsection (a) of this subsection or at rates that are less favorable to the county but that will ensure the continued access to care.(c) The county shall make reasonable efforts to equitably distribute prisoners among all hospitals or other appropriate health care facilities located within the same county and shall do so based upon the licensed acute care bed capacity at each of the hospitals located within the same county. Counties with more than one hospital or other appropriate health care facility shall provide semiannual reports conspicuously posted on the county's Web site that detail compliance with this section, including information on the distribution of prisoner health care services among different hospitals and health care facilities.(d) For the purposes of this section, "requested or emergency medical care" shall include all medically necessary and appropriate care provided to an individual from the time that individual presents to the provider or facility in the custody of county law enforcement officers until the time that the individual is safely transferred back to the care of county law enforcement officers or medically discharged to another community setting, as appropriate.  (2013-387, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-226 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-226 - Sanitation and food.

 153A-226. Sanitation and food.(a) The Commission for Public Health shall adopt rules governing the sanitation of local confinement facilities, including the kitchens and other places where food is prepared for prisoners. The rules shall address, but not be limited to, the cleanliness of floors, walls, ceilings, storage spaces, utensils, ventilation equipment, and other facilities; adequacy of lighting, water, lavatory facilities, bedding, food protection facilities, treatment of eating and drinking utensils, and waste disposal; methods of food preparation, handling, storage, and serving; and any other item necessary to the health of the prisoners or the public.(b) The Commission for Public Health shall prepare a score sheet to be used by local health departments in inspecting local confinement facilities. The local health departments shall inspect local confinement facilities as often as may be required by the Commission for Public Health. If an inspector of the Department finds conditions that reflect hazards or deficiencies in the sanitation or food service of a local confinement facility, he shall immediately notify the local health department. The health department shall promptly inspect the facility. After making its inspection, the local health department shall forward a copy of its report to the Department of Health and Human Services and to the unit operating the facility, on forms prepared by the Department of Environmental Quality. The report shall indicate whether the facility and its kitchen or other place for preparing food is approved or disapproved for public health purposes. If the facility is disapproved, the situation shall be rectified according to the procedures of G.S. 153A-223.  (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; c. 822, s. 1; 1989, c. 727, s. 205; 1993, c. 262, s. 5; 1997-443, ss. 11A.113, 11A.118(a); 2007-182, s. 2; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-228 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-228 - Separation of sexes.

 153A-228. Separation of sexes.Male and female prisoners shall be confined in separate facilities or in separate quarters in local confinement facilities. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 153A-229 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 153A - Counties|Article 10 - Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.|§ 153A-229 - Jailers' report of jailed defendants.

 153A-229. Jailers' report of jailed defendants.The person having administrative control of a local confinement facility must furnish to the clerk of superior court a report listing such information reasonably at his disposal as is necessary to enable said clerk of superior court to comply with the provisions of G.S. 7A-109.1. (1973, c. 1286, s. 23; 1981, c. 522.)