[§706-600.5]  Definitions of terms in this
chapter.  In this chapter, unless a different meaning plainly is required:



"Day" means a twenty-four-hour period
of time.



"Month" means a thirty-day period of
time.



"Secure drug treatment facility"
means a facility employing security protocols modeled after a minimum-security
detention center, including continuous direct supervision.



"Year" means a three hundred
sixty-five-day period of time. [L 1987, c 202, §1; am L Sp 2009, c 4, §1]



 



COMMENTARY ON §706-600.5



 



  Act 202, Session Laws 1987, clarified the time periods within
this chapter by providing definitions for a "day", "month",
and "year".  This clarification should eliminate confusion by law
enforcement personnel in regard to these time periods.  House Standing
Committee Report No. 556.



  Act 4, Special Session Laws 2009, promoted the
rehabilitation of convicted drug offenders through alternatives to
incarceration by authorizing the placement of certain drug offenders in secure
drug treatment facilities.  Conference Committee Report No. 25.  Act 4 amended
this section by adding the definition of "secure drug treatment
facility".