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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM FIVE YEARS TO TEN YEARS THE PERIOD OF PROBATION THAT THE COURT MAY PROVIDE FOR AN OFFENDER,TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-34, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION THAT A DEFENDANT MAY BE PLACED UNDER BY A COURT FOR FAILING TO REPORT TO HIS OR HER PROBATION AND POLICE OFFICER IS TEN YEARS,TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO A JUDGE PLACING AN OFFENDER ON EARNED PROBATION,TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 63-11-30, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE IMPLIED CONSENT LAW, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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Increases from five years to ten years the period of probation that the court may provide for an offender,provides that the maximum period of post release supervision that a defendant may be placed under by a court for failing to report to his or her probation and police officer is ten years,relates to a judge placing an offender on earned probation,relates to the implied consent law, for purposes of possible amendment.