§353B-3 - State council for interstate adult offender supervision.
§353B-3 State council for interstate adult
offender supervision. (a) There is established the state council for
interstate adult offender supervision, which shall be placed administratively
in the judiciary. The council shall be composed of nine members to be
appointed as follows:
(1) One member of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(2) One member of the senate appointed by the senate
president;
(3) One member of the judiciary appointed by the chief
justice of the supreme court;
(4) The director of public safety, or the director's
designee;
(5) One member from the general public representing
victims groups appointed by the governor;
(6) The prosecuting attorney of the city and county
of Honolulu, or the prosecuting attorney's designee;1
(7) The attorney general, or the attorney general's
designee;
(8) The state public defender, or the state public
defender's designee; and
(9) The compact administrator, appointed by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate and the chief justice.
With the exception of the director of public safety
or the director's designee, and the compact administrator, the terms of all
members shall be for four years; provided that the victims group representative
and the compact administrator shall be subject to confirmation proceedings
under section 26-34. No person, except the compact administrator, shall be
appointed consecutively to more than two terms.
There shall be one full-time coordinator
position for the supervision of adult offenders. The coordinator shall be
appointed by the judiciary.
(b) The council shall exercise oversight and
advocacy concerning its participation in commission activities and other duties
as may be determined by the council, including development of policy concerning
operations and procedures of the compact within the State. The council shall
also have the authority to appoint a deputy compact administrator for parole
from the Hawaii paroling authority, a deputy compact administrator for
probation from the judiciary, and a member other than the compact administrator
to cast a vote on behalf of the State at meetings of the interstate commission
in which the compact administrator is absent. [L 2000, c 185, pt of §1; am L
2005, c 111, §2; am L 2008, c 172, §2]