GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

 

 

SESSION LAW 2013-101

HOUSE BILL 361

 

 

AN ACT to make technical and clarifying changes to the justice reinvestment act of 2011.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A-1343(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Regular Conditions. - As regular conditions of probation, a defendant must:

(3a)      Not to abscond, abscond by willfully avoiding supervision or by willfully making the defendant's whereabouts unknown to the supervising probation officer. officer, if the defendant is placed on supervised probation.

…."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 15A-1368.4(e)(14) is repealed.

SECTION 3.  G.S. 15-205 reads as rewritten:

"§ 15-205.  Duties and powers of the probation officers.

A probation officer shall investigate all cases referred to him for investigation by the judges of the courts or by the Secretary of Public Safety. Such officer shall keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each person on probation under his supervision by visiting, requiring reports, and in other ways, and shall report thereon in writing as often as the court or the Secretary of Public Safety may require. Such officer shall use all practicable and suitable methods, not inconsistent with the conditions imposed by the court or the Secretary of Public Safety, to aid and encourage persons on probation to bring about improvement in their conduct and condition, and shall within the first 30 days of a person's probation take such person to a prison unit maintained by the Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety for a tour thereof so that he may better appreciate the consequences of probation revocation.condition. Such officer shall keep detailed records of his work; shall make such reports in writing to the Secretary of Public Safety as he may require; and shall perform such other duties as the Secretary of Public Safety may require. A probation officer shall have, in the execution of his duties, the powers of arrest and, to the extent necessary for the performance of his duties, the same right to execute process as is now given, or that may hereafter be given by law, to the sheriffs of this State."

SECTION 4.  G.S. 15A-1344(d2) reads as rewritten:

"(d2)    Confinement in Response to Violation. - When a defendant under supervision for a felony conviction has violated a condition of probation other than G.S. 15A-1343(b)(1) or G.S. 15A-1343(b)(3a), the court may impose a 90-day period of confinement. period of confinement of 90 consecutive days. The court may not revoke probation unless the defendant has previously received a total of two periods of confinement under this subsection. A defendant may receive only two periods of confinement under this subsection. If the time remaining on the maximum imposed sentence on a defendant under supervision for a felony conviction is 90 days or less, then the term of confinement is for the remaining period of the sentence. Confinement under this section shall be credited pursuant to G.S. 15-196.1.

When a defendant under supervision for a misdemeanor conviction has violated a condition of probation other than G.S. 15A-1343(b)(1) or G.S. 15A-1343(b)(3a), the court may impose a period of confinement of up to 90 consecutive days. The court may not revoke probation unless the defendant has previously received a total of two periods of confinement under this subsection. A defendant may receive only two periods of confinement under this subsection. Confinement under this section shall be credited pursuant to G.S. 15-196.1.

If a defendant is arrested for violation of a condition of probation and is lawfully confined to await a hearing for the violation, then the judge shall first credit any confinement time spent awaiting the hearing to any confinement imposed under this subsection; any excess time shall be credited to the activated sentence. The period of confinement imposed under this subsection on a defendant who is on probation for multiple offenses shall run concurrently on all cases related to the violation. Confinement shall be immediate unless otherwise specified by the court.

A defendant shall serve any confinement imposed under this subsection in the correctional facility where the defendant would have served an active sentence."

SECTION 5.  G.S. 143B-1159 is repealed.

SECTION 6.  G.S. 15A-1340.17(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)       Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Felonies for Minimum Terms up to 339 Months. - Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class B1 through Class E felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

 

15-30             16-32           17-33           18-34          19-35          20-36          21-38           22-39

23-40             24-41           25-42           26-44          27-45          28-46          29-47           30-48

31-50             32-51           33-52           34-53          35-54          36-56          37-57           38-58

39-59             40-60           41-62           42-63          43-64          44-65          45-66           46-68

47-69             48-70           49-71           50-72          51-74          52-75          53-76           54-77

55-78             56-80           57-81           58-82          59-83          60-84          61-86           62-87

63-88             64-89           65-90         66-9192        67-93          68-94          69-95           70-96

71-98             72-99          73-100         74-101        75-102        76-104        77-105         78-106

79-107          80-108         81-110         82-111        83-112        84-113        85-114      86-115116

87-117          88-118         89-119         90-120        91-122        92-123        93-124         94-125

95-126          96-128         97-129         98-130        99-131       100-132      101-134       102-135

103-136       104-137       105-138       106-140      107-141      108-142      109-143       110-144

111-146       112-147       113-148       114-149      115-150      116-152      117-153       118-154

119-155       120-156       121-158       122-159      123-160      124-161      125-162       126-164

127-165       128-166       129-167       130-168      131-170      132-171      133-172       134-173

135-174       136-176       137-177       138-178      139-179      140-180      141-182       142-183

143-184       144-185       145-186       146-188      147-189      148-190      149-191       150-192

151-194       152-195       153-196       154-197      155-198      156-200      157-201       158-202

159-203       160-204       161-206       162-207      163-208      164-209      165-210       166-212

167-213       168-214       169-215       170-216      171-218      172-219      173-220       174-221

175-222       176-224       177-225       178-226      179-227      180-228      181-230       182-231

183-232       184-233       185-234       186-236      187-237      188-238      189-239       190-240

191-242       192-243       193-244       194-245      195-246      196-248      197-249       198-250

199-251       200-252       201-254       202-255      203-256      204-257      205-258       206-260

207-261       208-262       209-263       210-264      211-266      212-267      213-268       214-269

215-270    216-271272    217-273       218-274      219-275      220-276      221-278       222-279

223-280       224-281       225-282       226-284      227-285      228-286      229-287       230-288

231-290       232-291       233-292       234-293      235-294      236-296      237-297       238-298

239-299       240-300       241-302       242-303      243-304      244-305      245-306       246-308

247-309       248-310       249-311       250-312      251-314      252-315      253-316       254-317

255-318       256-320       257-321       258-322      259-323      260-324      261-326       262-327

263-328       264-329       265-330       266-332      267-333      268-334      269-335       270-336

271-338       272-339       273-340       274-341      275-342      276-344      277-345       278-346

279-347       280-348       281-350       282-351      283-352      284-353      285-354       286-356

287-357       288-358       289-359       290-360      291-362      292-363      293-364       294-365

295-366       296-368       297-369       298-370      299-371      300-372      301-374       302-375

303-376       304-377       305-378       306-380      307-381      308-382      309-383       310-384

311-386       312-387       313-388       314-389      315-390      316-392      317-393       318-394

319-395       320-396       321-398       322-399      323-400      324-401      325-402       326-404

327-405       328-406       329-407       330-408      331-410      332-411      333-412       334-413

335-414       336-416       337-417       338-418     339-419."

SECTION 7. Section 6 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of June, 2013.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 4:30 p.m. this 12th day of June, 2013