Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission (160)

Authority: Title 17.1, Chapter 8, Code of Virginia; Section 19.2-303.6, Code of Virginia

A. For any fiscal impact statement prepared by the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, Code of Virginia, for which the commission does not have sufficient information to project the impact, the commission shall assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000 to the bill and this amount shall be printed on the face of each such bill, but shall not be codified.  The provisions of § 30-19.1:4, paragraph H. shall be applicable to any such bill.

B.1. The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall administer the pilot program to test the Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE) sentencing program established by § 19.2-303.6, Code of Virginia.  As part of its administering of the program, the commission shall select no more than 10 jurisdictions in which the pilot programs shall be implemented.  Each jurisdiction selected shall have an established drug treatment court or drug treatment services for offenders.  The commission shall designate a standard, validated substance abuse assessment instrument to be used by probation and parole districts to assess probationers subject to SURE sanctions and shall coordinate with the Department of Corrections in developing practices to be followed by probation and parole offices in implementing SURE.

2. In addition to administering the pilot program, the commission shall determine outcome measures and collect data for evaluation of the results of the pilot programs.  The commission shall present  a report on the implementation of SURE, including preliminary recidivism results, to the Chief Justice, Governor, and the chairmen of the House and Senate Courts of Justice committees, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee by October 1, 2013.