The Weekly Legislative Summary
This is imUm of i
ssrtas of weekly sum
prepered by tho
legislative sUff of Iho
Institute of Govern
moat on ths work of
tho .North Carolina
General Assembly of
IMI. It is confined
to discussions of mat
ters of general interest.
Jail Study Commission:
The door clanked shut tiiis
week on the Jail Study
Commission, as a 15-bill
package embracing its re
cent recommendations hit
the Senate floor (5323-5337
by Sen. Rauch). With that
action, the commission
completed the job for
which it was created, two
years ago —to study local
jails and recommend
changes in the laws af
fecting them. Together,
the bills that embrace
those recommendations
comprise the most thorough
and comprehensive reform
of jails ever attempted at
one time in this' state.
of the topics they
cover and the reasoning be.
hind the commission’s pro
posals. are the following:
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Reducing the Numbers
of Persons In Jail: The
commission found that jails
have become a dumping
ground for persons who
should be kept elsewhere,
for the good of both the
individuals involved and of
society in general. With
the state’s Department of
Correction available for
persons sentenced to im
prisonment for a month or
longer, the commission rea
soned that local jails
should be used mainly for
persons awaiting trial. The
same use of the Depart
ment of Correction could
be made for prisoners ap
pealing their convictions,
but who must now wait out
the long appeal period in
local jails (5324). Mentally
ill persons who have com
mitted no crime are some
times cooped up in jail
houses until state mental
institutions can make room
for them. Public hospitals
could be used for this pur
pose and more humanely,
without further damaging
unstable personalities (S
--328). Alcoholics are an
other group that jails can
not help but who might
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receive some help in state
institutions (5334). The
commission also found that
many persons who could
be relied upon to appear
for trial are not released
until trial because they
cannot raise their bail. By
giving these persons sum
monses instead of arresting
them, or by releasing them
on their promise to appear
for trial, another large
number of persons who do
not have to be in jail
would be spared that ex
perience (5337).
Reducing the Time Per
sons Spend In Jail: Persons
in jail must sometimes
wait many months for trial,
either because court is held
infrequently or because of
heavy docket loads. If
jailed persons were allow
ed to be tried ahead of per
sons flee on bail, and if
persons jailed in counties
with infrequent court terms
could request an earlier
trial in a nearby county,
such long waits could be
cut and justice could be
served sooner (5332, 333).
Improving the Correc
tional Function of Jails:
The commission found that
limited funds and the rela
tively short stays of many
prisoners prevent local
jails from attempting to
rehabilitate their prisoners.
Jails could take action,
however, to minimize the
harmful effects on prison
j ers that jail stays often
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because many jails are too
small or are overcrowded,
so that incompatible types
of prisoners are placed
next to each other. The
commission recommended,
therefore, that jails be pro
hibited from holding more
than the number of pris
oners they can adequately
hold; that children and
minor offenders be kept
away from hardened crim
inals, and that women be
kept out of the sight of
male prisoners (5331, 336).
Improving State and Lo
cal Cooperation: Rather
than recommend that local
jails be placed under state
control or that counties be
required to form regional
jails (although the latter
was endorsed on a volun
tary basis), the commission
recommended greater co
operation between the state
and local governments in
working for better jails to
gether. One way the com
mission felt this could be
achieved would be by
making the Jail and Deten
tion Service (which checks
on local jails to determine
compliance with the state’s
minimum jail standards)
part of the Department of
Justice, since both agencies
are concerned with law
enforcement and together,
could work more closely to
improve it (329). Another
way to improve coopera
tion would be by bringing
i local judges in earlier on
the enforcement of mini
mum jail standards and by
broadening the judges’ dis
cretionary authority in
gaining improvement in
jails (5323). A third way
would separate local and
state correctional functions
more fully by gradually
eliminating county-operated
prison farms and houses of
correction (5335). Finally,
the slate would appropri
ate money to use as grants
in - aid to help counties
bring up their jail- to the
levels required by the
state's minimum standards.
A Review of Recent De
velopments: An inventory
of the legislative larder
taken as recently as March
21st prompted two main
observations: (1) that the
volume of public bills and
public (or statewide) legis
lation this session is about
on a par with the experi
ence of recent legislative
sessions, but (2) that there
were a number of empty
places in the cupboard,
representing anticipated
major proposals that had
not yet been introduced in
bill form. Particularly
I prominent for their ab
sence at that time were
several significant adminis
tration-backed measures for
reorganization of state ag
encies, and bills to imple
ment several study com
mission reports. Develop
ments of the past two
weeks have now largely
filled these gaps.
Six bills were introduc
ed last ween and this week
to carry out administration
sponsored reorganizations
of state agencies. 5343
(H 529) would substitute
for the present five-mern
ber State ABC Board, and
career executive director,
a full-time chairman and
three - member board —a
measure probably traceable
to political differences be
tween incumbent board
members and Governor
Scott. 5302 (H 485) would
balloon the State Highway
Commission from its pres
ent 14 - member composi
tion to 23 members, inci
dentally eliminating a re
quirement that each high
way commissioner reside
within the highway district
he represents. This bill
continues a trend toward
increasing size for the SHC
that was begun in the
Moore administration. 5293
(H 452) carries out some of
the recommendations of the
Conservation and Develop
ment Study Commission,
supported by the adminis
tration. It would increase
the size of the C & D
Board from 24 to 27 mem
bers: would authorize the
designation of one or more
deputy directors for the
department, and would en
join the Governor to allo
cate C & D Board mem
berships equitably among
persons representative of
the respective points of
view of conservationists,
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Mrs. Johnson and her husband live in a very
attractive total-electric community in Virginia Beach.
Their heating system is not only modern electric heat,
it's also one of the most modern types of electric heat:
ceiling cable heat.
How does Mrs. Johnson like it? Here’s what
she says:
“I’m enthusiastic about it. I really am!”
Mrs. Johnson, how do you like the individual
room-by-room controls?
“Oh, yes. We can turn the heat up and down in
any room. It’s great.”
Now that you’ve Hved in your electrically heated
Vets Corner
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Vetera in* Administration tc
some ot the many current
questions from former service
men and their lamilies. Further
information on veterans bene
fits may bo obtained at any
VA office.
Q. My aunt is the widow
of a Spanish-American War
veteran. She receives S7O
a month pension from the
Veterans Administration.
However, a friend of hers,
who is also a Spanish-Am
erican War veteran’s wi
dow, receives $75 a month
from the VA. Why the
difference?
A. The $75 check goes to
the widow of a Spanish-
American War veteran who
was married to the veteran
during all or part of that
war. The widow, such as
your aunt, apparently, who
married such a veteran af
ter the war receives the
S7O monthly check.
Q. I was awarded a pen
sion from the Veterans Ad
ministration last year. My
wife and I are planning to
sell our home and move to
Florida. Will the profit I
receive on the sale of the
home affect my pension?
A. Not directly. Pro
ceeds from the sale of pro
perty are not considered
income for veterans under
the present pension law.
However, you are advised
to notify VA of the sale
because net worth is also
a consideration under the
pension law in determin
ing pension entitlement.
While you live in the home
its value is not reportable
as part of youi net worth,
but when you convert it to
cash, the cash is considered
part of net worth. For
further information and as
sistance in this matter,
check with your nearest
VA office.
home for more than two and a half years, do you find
that it’s easier to keep clean?
“Yes. There’s less dust. And also it’s not dry heat.
My son seems to get fewer colds, now.”
What about your husband? How does your hus
band like your electric heating system?
“My husband especially likes it because when
he comes home in the evening he doesn't have to do
a thing to the heating system.”
What about noise?
“Oh, no. Once in a while I can hear a thermostat
click, but nobody else hears it.”
Mrs. Johnson is just one of the more than 4VOOO
So. Security Questions-Answers
Q. I will be 65 next
year, but have no plans to
retire. Am I eligible for
Medicare?
A. Yes. You can quali
fy for Medicare benefits
even though you have not
retired. You should con
tact the social security of
fice about three months
before you are 65 and file
your application. If pos
sible, you should bring
your social security num
ber and the best proof of
your age that you have
available.
Q. I am 22 years old and
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x We ovei heard a remark the other day when a
j person was saying: “He took a mighty hard fall
i V ’ , 1 he bounced right back onto his feet."
You know that is one of the greatest compli
ments that can be said of a man—“ He
bounced right back onto his feet.” There' are
few among us who do not at one time or another
stumble and fall as we weave our way through
the briarpatch of life. Often we are innocent
victims of fate . . , sometimes our misfortunes
are of a nature which lays the blame squarely
on our own shoulders.
Whatever the nature of our fall, there Is a (
great amount of respect and glory in the ability
to rise again. I
Many years ago, from the pen of Oliver Gold
smith, came these words:
“Our greatest glory consists not in never fail
ing .. . but in rising every time we fall
As we recall the remark being made of the
one bouncing back onto his feet there was I
no mention of courage . . or strength ... or S
glory, but it was there—it is always there,
g Our thought to remember: “IT IS THROUGH
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was in an automobile acci
dent. Doctors have told
me that I will never walk
again. I have worked for
the past two years. Can
I receive social security
disability benefits?
A. A recent change in
the social security law per
mits payments to young
disabled workers. In some
cases, as little as one and
one-half years of covered
earnings are needed. You
should get in touch with
the nearest social security
office as soon as possible
to determine if benefits
can be paid to you.
satisfied electric heating customers in the Vepco
service area. If you’d like to learn about how comfort
able, economical and simple it is to convert your home
to modern electric heat, call your Vepco Authorized
Comfort Conditioning Contractor. His number is in
the Yellow Pages.
He’ll come out and give you an estimate. In
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We’re confident that once you fitKl out how easy
and economical it is to convert to modern electric
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