THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1294
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF YOUTH TO AN ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 352-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["§352-28 Transfer to correctional facility.  Any person after the person's sixteenth birthday, who has been committed to the care of the director and disrupts the order and the discipline of any state-operated youth correctional facility or injures the staff or other person committed to the facility or for other good cause, may be transferred by the director to an adult correctional facility, with the prior approval of the family court, for the balance of the term provided for by the court.  If such person demonstrates sufficient improvement or progress, or for other good reason, the family court may order the person's return to a youth correctional facility."]

     Section 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     Section 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Transfer of Youth to an Adult Correctional Facility

Description:

Repeal section 352-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes the executive director of the office of youth services, with the approval of the family court, to transfer a committed youth from the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility to an adult correctional facility for disciplinary or other reasons.

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