Bill Text: HI HB950 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Committed Persons on Furloughs; Income; Obligations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB950 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB950-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO COMMITTED PERSONS ON FURLOUGH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The director or a designated agent
may grant furloughs to committed persons with a minimum or lower security
classification in any correctional facility of the department for the purpose
of employment, social reorientation, education, or training, or any other valid
purpose as determined by the director. Special out-of-state furloughs may be
granted to those already otherwise furloughed, at no cost to the State, when
death or critical illness or injury to the committed person's immediate family
including a reciprocal beneficiary, occurs. Any committed person who is
engaged in private employment, by contract or otherwise, not under the
immediate custody of the State shall not be considered an agent or employee of
the State. Any moneys earned from employment by such person shall be used to
satisfy [a restitution order and to reimburse the State for the cost of room
and board.] the following obligations in the priority listed:
(1) Child support orders, to be paid at a rate of per cent of the net monthly earnings, or the amount ordered, whichever is less;
(2) Restitution, the crime victim compensation fee, other fees and fines ordered, to be paid in the priority listed, at a rate of twenty-five per cent of the net monthly earnings; and
(3) Reimbursement to the State for the cost of room and board at a rate established by the director.
"Net monthly earnings" means a committed person's gross income less applicable federal and state income tax withholdings. If any earned moneys remain after these expenses have been paid, that amount shall be held in an individual account for the committed person.
When an inmate is granted a special out-of-state furlough, the director shall inform the authorities of the state to which the inmate is to be furloughed of the inmate's arrival."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
Report Title:
Committed Persons on Furloughs; Income; Obligations
Description:
Specifies allocation of income earned by furloughed inmates for child support, restitution, victim compensation, fees and fines, and reimbursement to the State. (HB950 HD1)
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