{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-23-1016","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-23-1016","heading":"Commitments to department -- report to sentencing court -- data.","body":"(1) If the department does not honor a placement recommendation made by a district court judge when the judge sentences an offender pursuant to 46-18-201(3)(a)(iv), (3)(a)(vi), or (3)(a)(vii) and includes a placement recommendation, the department shall provide a rationale for the placement and written notice to the sentencing court within 40 days after the placement decision.\n(2) The department shall collect and analyze data on:\n(a) court placement recommendations and department placement decisions for offenders sentenced pursuant to 46-18-201(3)(a)(iv), (3)(a)(vi), or (3)(a)(vii); and\n(b) the number and type of new criminal offenses committed by offenders under the department's supervision.\n(3) (a) Beginning September 1, 2022, and in accordance with 5-11-210, the department shall collect data and report no later than September 1 of each year to the law and justice interim committee and the criminal justice oversight council on offenders who were under the department's supervision during the previous fiscal year and were:\n(i) convicted of a new felony offense; or\n(ii) revoked for a violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended or deferred sentence and the violation:\n(A) is a compliance violation as defined in 46-18-203; or\n(B) is not a compliance violation as defined in 46-18-203.\n(b) The report must include the offenses or violations that triggered the report.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 23. PROBATION, PAROLE, AND CLEMENCY","Part 10. Supervision of Probationers and Parolees"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0230/part_0100/section_0160/0460-0230-0100-0160.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:57Z","sha256":"d7ec6e571a4fb1ff8986dc7ca5fc2ad3d6f869bc54bd8200dcbe701ee817a0e6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-23-1015","next":"us-mt/46-23-1017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}