Senate Bill 340 Summary

• District attorneys may file petitions to reduce, terminate, extend, modify, or revoke probation based on violations of probation conditions, with petitions served by supervising probation officers and indigent probationers entitled to counsel for extension motions.

• Courts may delegate authority to probation officers to reduce a supervised probation term when an offender is in compliance and demonstrates diligent progress (such as completing treatment programs, education, or employment), with reductions limited to one-fourth of the original sentence and subject to district attorney and victim notification.

• Probation officers seeking to reduce sentences must file written affidavits with the court clerk for court approval, and all restitution must be paid in full before any reduction becomes effective.

• Sheriff's offices in 33 specified North Carolina counties are exempted from state contracting requirements (G.S. 143-129 and G.S. 143-131(a)) when contracting for food and food services at detention facilities.

• District attorney probation modification provisions are effective upon enactment, probation officer reduction authority delegations are effective December 1, 2023, and remaining provisions are effective when the act becomes law.