Relating to corrections

ARTICLE 1 - CORRECTIONS BOARD

Establishing a corrections board; providing for the appointment of members by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and by the commissioner of corrections; specifying certain qualification requirements of candidates for and certain parole powers and limits of the board; placing paroled and released individuals in continued legal custody of the board subject to return to a correctional facility; providing for parole hearings and inmate credit for good prison demeanor, requiring certain information from the commissioner, providing for victim right to testify in person or in writing before the board; specifying certain duties of the board upon final discharge; providing for parole supervision by the commissioner, specifying certain agent appointment requirements; requiring the commissioner to provide certain administrative services to the board; authorizing and providing for the board to appoint out of
state deputies to act as agents in returning individuals violating the terms and conditions of parole or probation, providing for the sharing of costs; providing for the determination of the release of level III sex offenders or referral to a county attorney for civil commitment; granting the board certain rulemaking authority; appropriating money to the commissioner for implementation purposes

ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMANCE AMENDMENT

Authorizing the corrections board to determine the referral of selected level III sex offenders to the county attorney for civil commitment as an alternative to the commissioner of corrections
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