Bill Text: HI SB417 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-24 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). [SB417 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-SB417-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 571-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), whenever the court is informed by any person that a minor is within the
purview of section 571-11(1) or (2), the intake officer shall make a
preliminary investigation to determine whether informal adjustment is suitable
under section 571-31.4 or 571-31.5[.]; provided that informal
adjustment shall be prioritized over formal action with regard to a child
reasonably believed to come within section 571-11(1) or (2) solely as a result
of one or more violations of section 302A-1132. The court may authorize
the filing of a petition, may make whatever arrangement for informal adjustment
that is suitable under section 571-31.4, 571-31.5, or 571-31.6; or may take
such action as is otherwise allowed under this chapter. Efforts to effect
informal adjustment may be continued not longer than three months without
review by the judge."
SECTION 2. Section 571-31.4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) When a child reasonably believed to
come within section 571-11(1) is referred to the court or other designated
agency, and is not diverted from processing, informal adjustment may be
provided to the child by an intake officer duly authorized by the family court
only where the facts reasonably appear to establish prima facie jurisdiction
and are admitted and where a consent is obtained from the child's parent,
guardian, or legal custodian, and the child, if of sufficient age and understanding[.];
provided that informal adjustment shall be prioritized over formal action with
regard to a child reasonably believed to come within section 571-11(1) solely
as a result of one or more violations of section 302A‑1132."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Children; Schools; Truancy; Informal Adjustment; Priority
Description:
Provides that informal adjustment shall be prioritized over formal action for a child under family court jurisdiction solely as a result of truancy.
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