Bill Text: HI SB231 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Adult Offenders; Transfer Fees; Probation Services Special Fund
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB231 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB231-Amended.html
Report Title:
Adult Offenders; Transfer Fees; Probation Services Special Fund
Description:
Authorizes judiciary fees on parolee and probationer's prison transfer applications to be deposited into the probation services special fund. Authorizes a full‑time coordinator position for the state council for interstate adult offender supervision to be paid from the probation services special fund. Limits expenditures from the probation services special fund to $400,000 every fiscal year. Effective date 07/01/50. (SD1)
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353B-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§353B-3 State council for interstate
adult offender supervision[.]; coordinator for supervision of adult
offenders. (a) There is established the state council for interstate
adult offender supervision, which shall be placed administratively in the
judiciary. The council shall be composed of nine members to be appointed as
follows:
(1) One member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(2) One member of the senate appointed by the senate president;
(3) One member of the judiciary appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(4) The director of public safety, or the director's designee;
(5) One member from the general public representing victims groups appointed by the governor;
(6) The prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu, or the prosecuting attorney's designee;
(7) The attorney general, or the attorney general's designee;
(8) The state public defender, or the state public defender's designee; and
(9) The compact administrator, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate and the chief justice.
With the exception of the director of public safety or the director's designee, and the compact administrator, the terms of all members shall be for four years; provided that the victims group representative and the compact administrator shall be subject to confirmation proceedings under section 26-34. No person, except the compact administrator, shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms.
(b) There shall be one full-time
coordinator position for the supervision of adult offenders. The coordinator
shall be appointed by the judiciary[.] and funded from the probation
services special fund.
[(b)] (c) The council shall
exercise oversight and advocacy concerning its participation in commission
activities and other duties as may be determined by the council, including
development of policy concerning operations and procedures of the compact
within the State. The council shall also have the authority to appoint a
deputy compact administrator for parole from the Hawaii paroling authority, a
deputy compact administrator for probation from the judiciary, and a member
other than the compact administrator to cast a vote on behalf of the State at
meetings of the interstate commission in which the compact administrator is
absent."
SECTION 2. Section 353B-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§353B-6[]]
Interstate transfer fee. The judiciary may assess a fee not to
exceed $200 for each application made by a parolee or probationer for a
transfer out of the State; provided that the fees collected shall be deposited
into the [State's general fund.] probation services special fund."
SECTION 3. Section 706-649, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§706-649 Probation services special fund. (1) There is established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the probation services special fund. All probation services fees collected under section 706-648 shall be deposited into this fund.
(2) Moneys in the probation services special
fund shall be used by the judiciary to monitor, enforce, and collect fees,
fines, restitution, other monetary obligations owed by defendants, and other
terms and conditions of probation[.] and also to provide funding for
the full-time coordinator position for supervision of adult offenders.
(3) The judiciary shall not expend more than $400,000 in any fiscal year from the fund."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
