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Criminal Code
Chapter 118

CHAPTER 118

HOUSE BILL NO. 1185

(Representatives Kading, Blum, Meier, Vetter)

(Senator O. Larsen)

AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 12.1-32-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to petitions for revocation of probation; to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 12.1-32-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reduction of felonies to misdemeanors by operation of law; and to provide a penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

45 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 9 of section 12.1-32-02 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:

9. A person who is convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one yearthree hundred sixty days is deemed to have been convicted of a misdemeanor upon successful completion of the term of imprisonment and a term of probation imposed as a part of the sentence. However, if an order is entered revoking a term of probation that was imposed as part of a sentence, the person is deemed to have been convicted of a felony. This subsection does not apply to a person convicted of violating subdivision a, b, or c of subsection 1 of section 19-03.1-23.

46 SECTION 2. A new subsection to section 12.1-32-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:

The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall provide written notice to a defendant who is in the department's physical custody of any untried petition for revocation against the defendant of which the department has notice and of the defendant's right to make a request for final disposition of the petition.

a. Upon notice of an untried petition for revocation of probation, the defendant may request final disposition of the petition. The defendant's request must be in writing and name the court in which the petition for revocation of probation is pending and the prosecuting official charged with the duty of prosecuting the petition.

b. The defendant shall submit the request to the department. The department shall certify the term of commitment under which the defendant is being held, the time the defendant has served on the sentence, the time remaining to be served, sentence reduction credit the defendant has earned, the defendant's eligibility for parole, and whether the parole board has made a decision regarding the defendant's parole.


45 Section 12.1-32-02 was also amended by section 1 of House Bill No. 1164, chapter 188, and section 1 of House Bill No. 1252, chapter 117.


46 Section 12.1-32-07 was also amended by section 6 of House Bill No. 1393, chapter 107.

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