{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-771","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-771","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Article:\n(1)\tRecodified as subdivision (3b) by Session Laws 1999-306, s. 1, effective January 1, 2000.\n(2)\tRecodified as subdivision (3a) by Session Laws 1999-306, s. 1, effective January 1, 2000.\n(2a)\t\"Director\" means the Director of Indigent Defense Services.\n(3)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1999-306, s. 1, effective January 1, 2000.\n(3a)\t\"Sentencing plan\" means a plan presented in writing to the sentencing judge which provides a detailed assessment and description of the offender's background, including available information about past criminal activity, a matching of the specific offender's needs with available resources, and, if appropriate, the program's recommendations regarding an intermediate sentence.\n(3b)\t\"Sentencing services program\" means an agency or State-run office within the superior court district which shall (i) prepare sentencing plans; (ii) arrange or contract with public and private agencies for necessary services for offenders; and (iii) assist offenders in initially obtaining services ordered as part of a sentence entered pursuant to a sentencing plan, if the assistance is not available otherwise.\n(4)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 566, s. 4.\n(4a)\t\"Superior court district\" means a superior court district established by G.S. 7A-41 for those districts consisting of one or more entire counties, and otherwise means the applicable set of districts as that term is defined in G.S. 7A-41.1.\n(5)\tRepealed by Session Laws 1999-306, s. 1, effective January 1, 2000. (1983, c. 909, s. 1; 1989, c. 770, s. 58; 1991, c. 566, ss. 2, 4; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 767, s. 14; 1995, c. 324, s. 21.9(c); 1997-57, s. 5; 1999-306, s. 1; 2002-126, s. 14.7(d).)","path":["Chapter 7A. Judicial Department.","SUBCHAPTER XIII. SENTENCING SERVICES PROGRAM.","Article 61. Sentencing Services Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-771.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:55:27Z","sha256":"83da9f9ddd9d835ac62a5c077edf1e7b126719620f157bdb6418cc2e0380eee2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-770","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-7a-772"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}