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Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments
Budgeting in North Carolina Local Governments

Budgets are more than simply accounting tools. They are legal documents that set the priorities, programs, and policies of a local government for the following fiscal year. This textbook covers critical considerations for those who work with budgets in North Carolina. Topics range from citizen engagement in the budget process to performance management to economic development....
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases

 Twenty-five (25) updated and four (4) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases. 
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June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases
June 2019 Supplement to North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases

 Fifty-two (52) updated and twenty-two (22) new instructions are included in this 2019 update to the 2018 edition of North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Criminal Cases. 
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act Implementation Guide

Prior to the passage of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA), the criminal and juvenile laws of North Carolina had always treated youth who engage in criminal activity at age 16 and 17 as adults. Before the juvenile court was created, cases of youth who committed criminal offenses between the ages of 7 and 14 were handled in adult court under the common law of crimes applicable to...
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Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process
Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile Deliquency Process

The N.C. Juvenile Delinquency Process Flowchart is a visual resource that illustrates the many pathways that a juvenile delinquency case can follow in North Carolina. The Flowchart incorporates the new legal provisions under the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (JJRA) that expand juvenile court jurisdiction to include most offenses committed by youth at ages 16 and 17 as well as new...
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Land Use Law in North Carolina
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On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina
On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina

This book is about probation. In North Carolina, probation is a form of punishment in which a defendant can avoiding serving a suspended term of imprisonment by complying with a set of conditions imposed by the sentencing judge. If the probation is supervised, the defendant will have a probation officer—an employee of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety who monitors the case and...