Bill Text: HI SB77 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public Safety; Hawaii Paroling Authority

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-06 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. [SB77 Detail]

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THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

77

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 353-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  In its operations the paroling authority shall:

     (1)  Keep and maintain a record of all meetings and proceedings;

     (2)  Send a detailed report of its operations to the governor every three months;

     (3)  In promulgating rules, conform to chapter 91;

     (4)  [In all matters] Entitle a prisoner to a hearing before a panel of three of its members which shall act by a majority of [its] the panel members; [and]

     (5)  If it is determined immediately preceding or during the course of a hearing that a sitting panel member must be recused due to a conflict of interest, the panel may proceed with two members; and

    [(5)] (6)  Appoint an administrative secretary and such other clerical and other assistants as may be necessary within the limits of available appropriations, subject to any applicable salary classification and civil service schedules, laws, and rules."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2013.

 


 


 

Report Title:

Public Safety; Hawaii Paroling Authority

 

Description:

Requires the Hawaii Paroling Authority to entitle a prisoner to a hearing before a panel of three of its members, which shall act by a majority, unless a sitting member of that panel must be recused due to a conflict of interest, in which case the panel may proceed with two members.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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