SB 1038 Summary

• Amends sentencing laws to allow district attorneys to supervise probationers and those with deferred sentences, in addition to or as an alternative to Department of Corrections supervision.

• Requires probationers and those receiving deferred sentences to pay $40 per month directly to the district attorney's office to compensate for prosecution and compliance verification costs, unless already under Department of Corrections supervision.

• Allows the district attorney to waive payment requirements in the best interests of justice, though courts cannot waive this requirement.

• Makes these amendments to 22 O.S. 2011, Sections 991a and 991c, which govern suspended sentences and deferred judgment procedures.

• Declares an emergency, making the law effective immediately upon passage.