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This bill makes several modifications to support the Department of Adult Correction, including expanding definitions and benefits for probation officers and their families, updating technical requirements for electronic monitoring, modifying procedures for sexually violent predator determinations, and providing more financial flexibility for repairs and renovations. Specifically, the bill adds probation officers to existing statutes that provide educational benefits for survivors and families of public safety workers, allows the Department of Adult Correction to use available funds for repair projects under $1 million with quarterly reporting requirements, extends the sunset date for using security guards at state prisons to June 30, 2027, enables staff from the Office of Staff Development and Training who are certified as probation/parole officers to maintain retirement eligibility even when working in training roles, and makes technical corrections to post-release supervision and satellite-based monitoring procedures. The bill also includes a severability clause to ensure that if any part of the act is found unconstitutional, the remaining parts will remain valid.

Government Affairs, Justice, Labor and Employment

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S355