WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 41
By Senators Woelfel, Trump and Ojeda
[Introduced February
8, 2017; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §62-12-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to extending the total number of years that a person may be subject to a period of probation.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §62-12-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. PROBATION AND PAROLE.
§62-12-11. Probation period.
The period of probation
together with any extension thereof shall not exceed five seven
years. Upon the termination of the probation period, the probation officer
shall report to the court the conduct of the probationer during the period of
his or her probation, and the court may thereupon discharge the
probationer or extend the probation period. Whenever, before the end of the
probation period, the probationer has satisfactorily complied with all the
conditions of his or her probation and it appears to the court that it
is no longer necessary to continue his or her supervision, the court may
discharge him or her. All orders extending the probation period and all
orders of discharge shall be entered in the records of the court, and a copy of
all such orders shall be sent by the clerk of the court to the board within
five days after the making of the order.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the total number of years that a person may be subject to a period of probation.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.