Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF0967

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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