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38 | 37 | | An Act relating to probation; authorizing the filing |
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39 | 38 | | of a petition to request termination of proba tion; |
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40 | 39 | | providing elements of petition; authorizing certain |
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41 | 40 | | response from prosecuting entity within certain |
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42 | 41 | | period; requiring evidentiary hearing within certain |
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43 | 42 | | period; prohibiting certain fees for terminated |
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44 | 43 | | probation; providing for codification; and providing |
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45 | 44 | | an effective date. |
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50 | 49 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE S TATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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51 | 50 | | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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52 | 51 | | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 521.3 of Title 57, unless there |
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53 | 52 | | is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows: |
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54 | 53 | | A. Upon the filing of a petition, a court may te rminate a term |
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55 | 54 | | of probation and discharge the defendant at any time earlier than |
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56 | 55 | | that provided in the original sentence if warranted by the conduct |
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57 | 56 | | of the defendant and if the defendant has complete d at least one (1) |
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58 | 57 | | year of the probationa ry term. |
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59 | 58 | | B. A petition for early termination of a probationary term may |
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60 | 59 | | be filed by either the defendant or prosecuting entity. The |
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61 | 60 | | petition for early termination of a probationary term shall include: |
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62 | 61 | | 1. The charges the defendant was convicted of; |
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90 | 90 | | 3. Whether the defendant has completed all other terms of the |
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91 | 91 | | defendant’s sentence, including the payment of restitution, fines, |
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92 | 92 | | court costs, and fees, except for the full term of probation; |
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93 | 93 | | 4. Whether the defendant has completed at least one (1) full |
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94 | 94 | | year of probation; and |
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95 | 95 | | 5. Any relevant information concerning the reason or reasons |
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96 | 96 | | that early termination of the term of probation is warranted by the |
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97 | 97 | | conduct of the defendant. |
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98 | 98 | | C. If a petition for early termination of a probationary term |
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99 | 99 | | is filed by the defendant, the original prosecuting entity shall |
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100 | 100 | | have thirty (30) days to file a response to the petition to provide |
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101 | 101 | | evidence the prosecuting entity determines is relevant to th e |
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102 | 102 | | decision of the court. |
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103 | 103 | | D. No earlier than forty-five (45) days after the filing of the |
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104 | 104 | | petition, the court shall hold an evidentiary hearing in which the |
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105 | 105 | | court shall take testimony from the parties and consider any other |
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106 | 106 | | evidence the court determines to be relevant. |
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107 | 107 | | E. Upon the issuance of an order terminatin g the term of |
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108 | 108 | | probation, the defendant shall no longer be charged administrative |
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109 | 109 | | or supervision fees but shall be liable for any fees accrued up to |
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110 | 110 | | the issuance of an order terminating the term of p robation. |
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111 | 111 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. |
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