PART II. PAROLES AND PARDONS

 

Cross References

 

  Administration of Hawaii paroling authority placed indepartment of public safety, see §26-14.6.

 

§353-61  Hawaii paroling authority;appointment; tenure; qualifications.  Members of the paroling authorityshall be nominated by a panel composed of the chief justice of the Hawaiisupreme court, the director, the president of the Hawaii Criminal JusticeAssociation, the president of the bar association of Hawaii, a representativedesignated by the head of the Interfaith Alliance Hawaii, a member from thegeneral public to be appointed by the governor, and the president of the Hawaiichapter of the National Association of Social Workers.  The panel shall submitto the governor the names of not less than three persons, designated as thenominees, for chairperson or as a member, for each vacancy.  The requirementfor nomination by the panel established under this section shall only apply toa nominee's nomination by the governor to an initial term on the parolingauthority and not to any subsequent consecutive term of a sitting parolingauthority member or chairperson whose initial appointment to office was madepursuant to a nomination by the panel.  The governor shall appoint, in themanner prescribed by section 26-34, a paroling authority to be known as theHawaii paroling authority, to consist of three members one of whom shall bedesignated chairperson.  Appointments shall be made for terms of four years,commencing from the date of expiration of the last preceding term.  Any vacancyin an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of theunexpired term.  Nominees to the authority shall be selected on the basis oftheir qualifications to make decisions that will be compatible with the welfareof the community and of individual offenders, including their background andability for appraisal of offenders and the circumstances under which offenseswere committed. [L 1931, c 129, pt of §1; RL 1935, §6413; am L 1939, c 203, ptof §6; RL 1945, §3914; RL 1955, §83-60; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §5; HRS §353-61;am L 1976, c 92, §2; am L 1987, c 338, §4; gen ch 1992; am L 2004, c 24, §1; amL 2006, c 38, §9; am L 2008, c 10, §1]

 

Note

 

  Effect of 2008 amendment on current members, etc.  L 2008, c10, §§2, 3.

 

Cross References

 

  Administrative control, see §§26-14, 35.

  Sex offender treatment program, see chapter 353E.