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2000 SESSION

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HB 202 Community Corrections Act for Local-Responsible Offenders.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local Responsible Offenders. Defines local services as community-based probation and requires localities to adopt local community criminal justice boards, which include local officials (e.g., city manager, county administrator), and makes mandatory the service of those officials already appointed to these boards. The bill expands the options for removal of an offender for intractable behavior. The bill also limits participation to persons who receive a sentence of less than 12 months.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local Responsible Offenders. Defines local services as community-based probation and requires localities to adopt local community criminal justice boards, which include local officials (e.g., city manager, county administrator), and makes mandatory the service of those officials already appointed to these boards. The bill expands the options for removal of an offender for intractable behavior. The bill also limits participation to misdemeanants and those not charged with a violent felony.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local Responsible Offenders. Defines local services as community-based probation and requires localities to adopt local community criminal justice boards, which include local officials (e.g., city manager, county administrator), and makes mandatory the service of those officials already appointed to these boards. The bill also allows local probation programs to provide services to juvenile court for supervision of adults charged with first offense domestic assault and battery.