Bill Text: HI SB2816 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-02 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2816 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2816-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2816 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PAROLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. Section 353-14, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended as follows:
"§353-14
Cash furnished discharged committed person, when. Upon the discharge or parole of any
committed person who has undergone a commitment or sentence of more than one
year[,] and has been given appropriate resource referrals, the committed
person may be furnished by the Hawaii paroling authority, in its discretion,
with funds of not more than $200, to meet the committed person's immediate
needs[.]; provided that legislative appropriations for this specific
purpose have been authorized and allocated to the authority. The expenditures made by the Hawaii paroling
authority shall be included among the accounts for cost and maintenance of
committed persons."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION
3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Report Title:
Parole; Legislative Appropriations; Discharged Persons; Resource Referrals and Funds
Description:
Requires that committed persons be given appropriate resource referrals before being furnished with funds to meet the committed person's immediate needs by the Hawaii paroling authority at discharge. Specifies that funds for discharged persons be subject to legislative appropriation. (SD1)
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