Bill Text: AZ HB2461 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Probation officers; authority

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-22 - Chapter 152 [HB2461 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2014-HB2461-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: probation officers; authority

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

Second Regular Session

2014

 

 

HB 2461

 

Introduced by

Representative Farnsworth E

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 12‑256, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to probation officers.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 12-256, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE12-256.  Probation officers; enforcement of pretrial release conditions

In counties with a population of more than two million persons, An adult probation officer may serve warrants, make arrests and bring persons who are subject to the supervision of pretrial services and who are alleged to have violated a condition of pretrial release before the court.  A probation officer enforcing pretrial release conditions has the authority of a peace officer in the performance of the officer's duties. END_STATUTE