Bill Summary for H 87 (2023-2024)

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Feb 9 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 87 (Public) Filed Thursday, February 9, 2023
AN ACT TO ALLOW DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO FILE PROBATION MODIFICATION PETITIONS, TO ALLOW PROBATION OFFICERS TO REDUCE A TERM OF SUPERVISED PROBATION IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, AND TO EXEMPT SHERIFF'S OFFICES FROM CERTAIN STATE CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS WHEN CONTRACTING FOR FOOD AND FOOD SERVICES AT DETENTION FACILITIES.
Intro. by N. Jackson, Stevens, Carson Smith, Biggs.

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Amends GS 15A-1344 (governing the response to violations of probation including alteration or revocation of probation) to enact new subsection authorizing a district attorney (DA) to file a petition to reduce, terminate, extend, modify, or revoke a probation under the following conditions. The DA must be of the prosecutorial district where probation was imposed. The DA may only file a petition in the district court district, superior court district, or set of districts, as the case may be, where probation was imposed. Requires the supervising probation officer to serve a copy of a filed petition on the probationer.