HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	945
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PAROLING AUTHORITY.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 353-61, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a)  Members of the paroling authority shall be nominated by a panel composed of the chief justice of the Hawaii supreme court[,] or designee, the director[,] or designee, the president of the Hawaii State Bar Association[,] or designee, a representative designated by the head of the Interfaith Alliance Hawaii, a member from the general public to be appointed by the governor, and the president of the Hawaii chapter of the National Association of Social Workers[.] or designee.  The panel shall submit to the governor the names of not less than three persons, designated as the nominees, for chairperson or as a member, for each vacancy.  The requirement for nomination by the panel established under this section shall only apply to a nominee's nomination by the governor to an initial term on the paroling authority and not to any subsequent consecutive term of a sitting paroling authority member or chairperson whose initial appointment to office was made pursuant to a nomination by the panel."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Hawaii Paroling Authority

Description:

Allows designees be appointed to the panel that reviews applicants for the paroling authority and nominates members for the Governor's consideration.

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