Bill Text: HI HB1246 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Alternatives To Incarceration.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-06 - Act 074, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1175). [HB1246 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1246-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) As used in this section, "alternative programs" mean programs that are created and funded by legislative appropriation or federal grant naming the department of public safety or one of its operating agencies as the expending agency and that are intended to provide an alternative to incarceration. Alternative programs may include:
(1) Home detention, curfew [using
electronic monitoring and surveillance], or both;
(2) Supervised release, graduated release,
furlough, and structured educational or vocational programs; [and]
(3) Similar programs created and designated as
alternative programs by the legislature or the
director of public safety for inmates who do not pose significant risks to the
community[.]; and
(4) The use of electronic monitoring and surveillance."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
Report Title:
Criminal Offenders; Alternative Programs; Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance
Description:
Authorizes electronic monitoring and surveillance of offenders in programs that offer alternatives to incarceration. (HB1246 CD1)
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