REPORT TITLE:
Domestic Violence; Victims Rights


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes domestic violence victim's right to be informed of
offender's probation violation.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2068
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 801D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§801D-    Rights for victims of domestic violence.  Upon
 
 5 written request, the victim or the parent or guardian of a minor
 
 6 or incapacitated victim of an offense under section 586-4,
 
 7 586-11, 580-10, or 709-906, shall have the right to be promptly
 
 8 notified by the defendant's probation officer when the defendant
 
 9 violates any term or condition of probation."
 
10      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________