NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 615

SENATE BILL 624

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REVIEW AND TERMINATION OF PROBATION AFTER A PERIOD OF PROBATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 15 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section, immediately after G.S. 15-205 to be designated as G.S. 15-205.1, to read as follows:

"G.S. 15-205.1.  Mandatory review of probation. It shall be the duty of the probation officer in all cases referred to him to bring the probationer before the appropriate court having jurisdiction for review by the judge to determine whether the probationer should be released from probation after the probationer has actually been on probation for one year, if the period of probation was three years or less, or he has been on probation for three years if the period of probation was for more than three years. The court shall review the probationer's case file and determine whether he should be released from probation. This section shall not restrict the court's power to continue, extend, suspend or terminate the period of probation at any time as provided in G.S. 15-200."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1969.