Bill Text: HI HB2389 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-05 - Act 079, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). [HB2389 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2389-Amended.html
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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 to read as
follows:
"§353-14 Cash furnished discharged committed person,
when. (a) 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.
(b) The Hawaii paroling authority shall not use
any funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any purpose other than to
meet a committed person's immediate needs."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2050.
Report Title:
Parole; Legislative Appropriations; Discharged or Paroled Persons; Immediate Needs
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 or parole. Specifies that funds furnished by the Hawaii Paroling Authority for discharged persons be subject to the availability of legislative appropriations authorized and allocated for that purpose. Prohibits the Hawaii Paroling Authority from using funds appropriated for the purpose of providing for the immediate needs of discharged or paroled persons for any other purpose. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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