Bill Amendment: AZ SB1311 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Material witnesses; contempt; detention; bond
Status: 2019-04-29 - Chapter 144 [SB1311 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-SB1311-HOUSE_-_Judiciary_-_Strike_Everything.html
Fifty-fourth Legislature Judiciary
First Regular Session S.B. 1311
PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1311
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Joint study committee on material witness contempt proceedings; membership; powers and duties; report; delayed repeal
A. The joint study committee on material witness contempt proceedings is established consisting of the following members:
1. Three members of the senate. The president of the senate shall appoint two members and the minority leader of the senate shall appoint one member.
2. Three members of the house of representatives. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two members and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint one member.
3. The county attorney for Maricopa county or the county attorney's designee.
4. The Pima county public defender or the public defender's designee.
5. One member who is a victim advocate for a public agency or for a nongovernmental victim's advocacy organization who is appointed by the attorney general.
B. The committee shall research and make recommendations on material witness contempt proceedings and detainment of witnesses.
C. The committee may request information, data and reports from any state agency or political subdivision of this state, including the courts. The state agencies and political subdivisions shall provide the information electronically, if possible.
D. The committee may hold hearings, conduct fact‑finding tours and take testimony from witnesses, including participants in the criminal justice system, who may assist the committee in fulfilling the committee's responsibilities. The committee's hearings shall be open to the public.
E. The legislature shall provide staff and support services to the committee.
F. Committee members are not eligible to receive compensation.
G. On or before December 31, 2019, the committee shall submit a report regarding the committee's findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
H. This section is repealed from and after June 30, 2020."
Amend title to conform
