PART II. 
PAROLES AND PARDONS



 



Cross References



 



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



 



§353-61  Hawaii paroling authority;
appointment; tenure; qualifications.  Members of the paroling authority
shall be nominated by a panel composed of the chief justice of the Hawaii
supreme court, the director, the president of the Hawaii Criminal Justice
Association, the president of the bar association of Hawaii, 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.  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.  The governor shall appoint, in the
manner prescribed by section 26-34, a paroling authority to be known as the
Hawaii paroling authority, to consist of three members one of whom shall be
designated chairperson.  Appointments shall be made for terms of four years,
commencing from the date of expiration of the last preceding term.  Any vacancy
in an unexpired term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the
unexpired term.  Nominees to the authority shall be selected on the basis of
their qualifications to make decisions that will be compatible with the welfare
of the community and of individual offenders, including their background and
ability for appraisal of offenders and the circumstances under which offenses
were committed. [L 1931, c 129, pt of §1; RL 1935, §6413; am L 1939, c 203, pt
of §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; am
L 2006, c 38, §9; am L 2008, c 10, §1]



 



Note



 



  Effect of 2008 amendment on current members, etc.  L 2008, c
10, §§2, 3.



 



Cross References



 



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



  Sex offender treatment program, see chapter 353E.