Bill Text: HI SB1176 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Paroling Authority; Panel Members
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Act 117, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). [SB1176 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB1176-Introduced.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 THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 353-61, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Members
of the paroling authority shall be nominated by a panel composed of the chief
justice of the Hawaii supreme court[,] or designee, the director[,]
or designee, the president of the Hawaii State Bar Association[,]
or designee, a representative designated by the head of the Interfaith
Alliance Hawaii, a member from the general public to be appointed by the
governor, and the president of the Hawaii chapter of the National Association
of Social Workers[.] or designee. The panel shall submit to the
governor the names of not less than three persons, designated as the nominees,
for chairperson or as a member, for each vacancy. The requirement for
nomination by the panel established under this section shall only apply to a
nominee's nomination by the governor to an initial term on the paroling
authority and not to any subsequent consecutive term of a sitting paroling
authority member or chairperson whose initial appointment to office was made
pursuant to a nomination by the panel."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Hawaii Paroling Authority
Description:
Allows designees be appointed to the panel that reviews applicants for the paroling authority and nominates members for the Governor's consideration.
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