A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reallocate three months from the minimum sentence of classes b1 through e to the maximum sentence, and to increase the period of post‑release supervision from nine months to twelve months.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑1340.17 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A‑1340.17.  Punishment limits for each class of offense and prior record level.
(a)	Offense Classification; Default Classifications. – The offense classification is as specified in the offense for which the sentence is being imposed. If the offense is a felony for which there is no classification, it is a Class I felony.
(b)	Fines. – Any judgment that includes a sentence of imprisonment may also include a fine. If a community punishment is authorized, the judgment may consist of a fine only. Additionally, when the defendant is other than an individual, the judgment may consist of a fine only. Unless otherwise provided, the amount of the fine is in the discretion of the court.
(c)	Punishments for Each Class of Offense and Prior Record Level; Punishment Chart Described. – The authorized punishment for each class of offense and prior record level is as specified in the chart below. Prior record levels are indicated by the Roman numerals placed horizontally on the top of the chart. Classes of offense are indicated by the letters placed vertically on the left side of the chart. Each cell on the chart contains the following components:
(1)	A sentence disposition or dispositions: "C" indicates that a community punishment is authorized; "I" indicates that an intermediate punishment is authorized; "A" indicates that an active punishment is authorized; and "Life Imprisonment Without Parole" indicates that the defendant shall be imprisoned for the remainder of the prisoner's natural life.
(2)	A presumptive range of minimum durations, if the sentence of imprisonment is neither aggravated or mitigated; any minimum term of imprisonment in that range is permitted unless the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.16 that an aggravated or mitigated sentence is appropriate. The presumptive range is the middle of the three ranges in the cell.
(3)	A mitigated range of minimum durations if the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.16 that a mitigated sentence of imprisonment is justified; in such a case, any minimum term of imprisonment in the mitigated range is permitted. The mitigated range is the lower of the three ranges in the cell.
(4)	An aggravated range of minimum durations if the court finds pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.16 that an aggravated sentence of imprisonment is justified; in such a case, any minimum term of imprisonment in the aggravated range is permitted. The aggravated range is the higher of the three ranges in the cell.

PRIOR RECORD LEVEL

	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
	0 Pts	1‑4 Pts	5‑8 Pts	 9‑14 Pts	15‑18 Pts	19+ Pts
A	Life Imprisonment Without Parole or Death as Established by Statute
	A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION

							
							
	237‑297	285‑357	333‑417	381‑477		Life Imprisonment	Aggravated
	Without Parole
B1	189‑237	227‑285	266‑333	304‑381	343‑430	381‑477	PRESUMPTIVE
	141‑189	170‑227	199‑266	227‑304	257‑343	285‑381	Mitigated
	A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																					
	154‑193	186‑234	217‑273	248‑310	279‑350	310‑389	AggravatedB2	122‑154	148‑186	173‑217	198‑248	222‑279	248‑310	PRESUMPTIVE
	91‑122	111‑148	129‑173	148‑198	166‑222	185‑248	Mitigated
	A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																						70‑89	97‑122	113‑142	130‑164	148‑185	165‑207	Aggravated
C	55‑70	77‑97	90‑113	104‑130	118‑148	132‑165	PRESUMPTIVE
	41‑55	57‑77	67‑90	77‑104	87‑118	98‑132	Mitigated
	A	A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																						61‑77	74‑92	100‑126	114‑143	130‑164	143‑180	Aggravated
D	48‑61	58‑74	79‑100	91‑114	104‑130	114‑143	PRESUMPTIVE
	35‑48	43‑58	58‑79	68‑91	77‑104	85‑114	Mitigated
	I/A	I/A	A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
																						22‑28	26‑33	31‑39	43‑55	50‑63	56‑71	Aggravated
E	17‑22	20‑26	24‑31	34‑43	39‑50	44‑56	PRESUMPTIVE
	12‑17	14‑20	17‑24	25‑34	29‑39	32‑44	Mitigated
	I/A	I/A	I/A	A	A	A	DISPOSITION
	16‑20	19‑24	21‑26	25‑31	34‑42	39‑49	Aggravated
F	13‑16	15‑19	17‑21	20‑25	27‑34	31‑39	PRESUMPTIVE
	10‑13	11‑15	13‑17	15‑20	20‑27	23‑31	Mitigated
	I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A	A	A	DISPOSITION
	13‑16	15‑19	16‑20	20‑25	21‑26	29‑36	Aggravated
G	10‑13	12‑15	13‑16	16‑20	17‑21	23‑29	PRESUMPTIVE
	8‑10	9‑12	10‑13	12‑16	13‑17	17‑23	Mitigated
	C/I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A	I/A	A	DISPOSITION
	6‑8	8‑10	10‑12	11‑14	15‑19	20‑25	Aggravated
H	5‑6	6‑8	8‑10	9‑11	12‑15	16‑20	PRESUMPTIVE
	4‑5	4‑6	6‑8	7‑9	9‑12	12‑16	Mitigated
	C	C/I	I	I/A	I/A	I/A	DISPOSITION
	6‑8	6‑8	6‑8	8‑10	9‑11	10‑12	Aggravated
I	4‑6	4‑6	5‑6	6‑8	7‑9	8‑10	PRESUMPTIVE
	3‑4	3‑4	4‑5	4‑6	5‑7	6‑8	Mitigated
(d)		Maximum Sentences Specified for Class F through Class I Felonies. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class F through Class I felonies. The first figure in each cell in the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

	3‑4	4‑5	5‑6	6‑8	7‑9	8‑10	9‑11	10‑12
11‑14	12‑15	13‑16	14‑17	15‑18	16‑20	17‑21	18‑22
19‑23	20‑24	21‑26	22‑27	23‑28	24‑29	25‑30	26‑32
27‑33	28‑34	29‑35	30‑36	31‑38	32‑39	33‑40	34‑41
35‑42	36‑44	37‑45	38‑46	39‑47	40‑48	41‑50	42‑51
43‑52	44‑53	45‑54	46‑56	47‑57	48‑58	49‑59

(e)	Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Felonies for Minimum Terms up to 339 Months. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class B1 through Class E felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																																													12‑27	13‑28	14‑29	15‑30	16‑32	17‑33	18‑34	19‑35
	20‑36	21‑38	22‑39	23‑40	24‑41	25‑42	26‑44	27‑45
	28‑46	29‑47	30‑48	31‑50	32‑51	33‑52	34‑53	35‑54
	36‑56	37‑57	38‑58	39‑59	40‑60	41‑62	42‑63	43‑64
	44‑65	45‑66	46‑68	47‑69	48‑70	49‑71	50‑72	51‑74
	52‑75	53‑76	54‑77	55‑78	56‑80	57‑81	58‑82	59‑83
	60‑84	61‑86	62‑87	63‑88	64‑89	65‑90	66‑92	67‑93
	68‑94	69‑95	70‑96	71‑98	72‑99	73‑l00	74‑101	75‑102
	76‑104	77‑105	78‑106	79‑107	80‑108	81‑110	82‑111	83‑112
	84‑113	85‑114	86‑116	87‑117	88‑118	89‑119	90‑120	91‑122
	92‑123	93‑124	94‑125	95‑126	96‑128	97‑129	98‑130	99‑131
100‑132	101‑134	102‑135	103‑136	104‑137	105‑138	106‑140	107‑141
108‑142	109‑143	110‑144	111‑146	112‑147	113‑148	114‑149	115‑150
116‑152	117‑153	118‑154	119‑155	120‑156	121‑158	122‑159	123‑160
124‑161	125‑162	126‑164	127‑165	128‑166	129‑167	130‑168	131‑170
132‑171	133‑172	134‑173	135‑175	136‑176	137‑177	138‑178	139‑179
140‑180	141‑182	142‑183	143‑184	144‑185	145‑186	146‑188	147‑189
148‑190	149‑191	150‑192	151‑194	152‑195	153‑196	154‑197	155‑198
156‑200	157‑201	158‑202	159‑203	160‑204	161‑206	162‑207	163‑208
164‑209	165‑210	166‑212	167‑213	168‑214	169‑215	170‑216	171‑218
172‑219	173‑220	174‑221	175‑222	176‑224	177‑225	178‑226	179‑227
180‑228	181‑230	182‑231	183‑232	184‑233	185‑234	186‑236	187‑237
188‑238	189‑239	190‑240	191‑242	192‑243	193‑244	194‑245	195‑246
196‑248	197‑249	198‑250	199‑251	200‑252	201‑254	202‑255	203‑256
204‑257	205‑258	206‑260	207‑261	208‑262	209‑263	210‑264	211‑266
212‑267	213‑268	214‑269	215‑270	216‑272	217‑273	218‑274	219‑275
220‑276	221‑278	222‑279	223‑280	224‑281	225‑282	226‑284	227‑285
228‑286	229‑287	230‑288	231‑290	232‑291	233‑292	234‑293	235‑294
236‑296	237‑297	238‑298	239‑299	240‑300	241‑302	242‑303	243‑304
244‑305	245‑306	246‑308	247‑309	248‑310	249‑311	250‑312	251‑314
252‑315	253‑316	254‑317	255‑318	256‑320	257‑321	258‑322	259‑323
260‑324	261‑326	262‑327	263‑328	264‑329	265‑330	266‑332	267‑333
268‑334	269‑335	270‑336	271‑338	272‑339	273‑340	274‑341	275‑342
276‑344	277‑345	278‑346	279‑347	280‑348	281‑350	282‑351	283‑352
284‑353	285‑354	286‑356	287‑357	288‑358	289‑359	290‑360	291‑362
292‑363	293‑364	294‑365	295‑366	296‑368	297‑369	298‑370	299‑371
300‑372	301‑374	302‑375	303‑376	304‑377	305‑378	306‑380	307‑381
308‑382	309‑383	310‑384	311‑386	312‑387	313‑388	314‑389	315‑390
316‑392	317‑393	318‑394	319‑395	320‑396	321‑398	322‑399	323‑400
324‑401	325‑402	326‑404	327‑405	328‑406	329‑407	330‑408	331‑410
332‑411	333‑412	334‑413	335‑414	336‑416	337‑417	338‑418	339‑419
(e1)	Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Felonies for Minimum Terms of 340 Months or More. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, when the minimum sentence is 340 months or more, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the minimum term of imprisonment and twenty percent (20%) of the minimum term of imprisonment, rounded to the next highest month, plus twelve additional months."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 15A‑1368(a)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	Maximum imposed term. – The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on an individual prisoner by a court judgment, as described in G.S. 15A‑1340.13(c). When a prisoner is serving consecutive prison terms, the maximum imposed term, for purposes of this Article, is the sum of all maximum terms imposed in the court judgment or judgments, less 12 months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B through Class E felonies."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 15A‑1368.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A‑1368.2.  Post‑release supervision eligibility and procedure.
(a)	A prisoner to whom this Article applies shall be released from prison for post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum imposed prison term less 12 months, less any earned time awarded by the Department of Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under G.S. 15A‑1340.13(d). If a prisoner has not been awarded any earned time, the prisoner shall be released for post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum prison term less 12 months.
(b)	A prisoner shall not refuse post‑release supervision.
(c)	A supervisee's period of post‑release supervision shall be for a period of 12 months, unless the offense is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. For offenses subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the period of post‑release supervision is five years. The conditions of post‑release supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A‑1368.5.
(d)	A supervisee's period of post‑release supervision may be reduced while the supervisee is under supervision by earned time awarded by the Department of Correction, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with law. A supervisee is eligible to receive earned time credit toward the period of supervision for compliance with reintegrative conditions described in G.S. 15A‑1368.5.
(e)	Repealed by Session Laws 1997‑237, s. 7.
(f)	When a supervisee completes the period of post‑release supervision, the sentence or sentences from which the supervisee was placed on post‑release supervision are terminated."
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2006, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.