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SB 342 – This act authorizes municipal courts to contract with a public entity or employ a person to serve as the city’s probation officer. Currently, such courts may only contract with a private entity to provide probation services. Persons found guilty of municipal ordinances and placed on probation will be required to pay a service fee to the court to pay for the probation services. Currently, only cities which do not have probation services for persons convicted of ordinance violations may contract with private entities to provide probation services. This act authorizes any city to contract with a private or public entity or employ a probation officer to provide probation services. JIM ERTLE
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