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 G.S. 15A-1368.4(e)(14) is repealed.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