HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1246

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 353-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

     "(d)  As used in this section, "alternative programs" mean programs that are created and funded by legislative appropriation or federal grant naming the department of public safety or one of its operating agencies as the expending agency and that are intended to provide an alternative to incarceration.  Alternative programs may include:

     (1)  Home detention, curfew using electronic monitoring and surveillance, or both;

     (2)  Supervised release, graduated release, furlough, and structured educational or vocational programs; [and]

     (3)  Similar programs created and designated as alternative programs by the legislature or the director of public safety for inmates who do not pose significant risks to the community[.]; and

     (4)  The use of electronic monitoring and surveillance."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Criminal Offenders; Alternative Programs; Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance

 

Description:

Authorizes electronic monitoring and surveillance of offenders, separate from curfew, in programs that offer alternatives to incarceration.  Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)

 

 

 

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