Permits the court to impose alternative programs to incarceration.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 706-672, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§706-672 Place of imprisonment. When a person is sentenced to imprisonment, the court shall commit the person to the custody of the department of public safety for the term of the person's sentence and until released in accordance with law. The director of public safety shall determine the proper program of redirection and any place of confinement of the committed person[.], unless otherwise determined by the court pursuant to section 706-605.1."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.