MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) Fillingane, Simmons (12th)

Senate Bill 2601

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-37.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE ABSCONDING FROM SUPERVISION AS A GROUND FOR REVOCATION OF PROBATION BY THE COURT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 47-7-37.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     47-7-37.1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence * * *, that a probationer or a person under post-release supervision has committed a felony * * * or absconded, the court may revoke his probation and impose any or all of the sentence. * * *  For purposes of this section, "absconding from supervision" means the failure of a probationer to report to his supervising officer for six (6) or more consecutive months.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

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