Digest of Bills - 2002

CORRECTIONS

S.B. 02-140 State inmates - payment of fines, costs, and restitution - inmate bank accounts. Permits the executive director of the department of corrections to fix the time and manner of the payment by state inmates of court-ordered costs, surcharges, fees, and fines in addition to restitution. Permits the executive director to order that at least 20% of the deposits into an inmate's bank account be applied toward any outstanding balance existing before, on, or after September 1, 2000. Authorizes the department of corrections to use a private collection agency to collect such court ordered costs, surcharges, fees, and fines, in addition to restitution.

APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2002        
EFFECTIVE March 22, 2002

H.B. 02-1021 Parole - waiver. Establishes a deadline by which an inmate may waive the opportunity to be considered for parole. Makes a parole waiver effective for 6 months. Prohibits an inmate who waives consideration for parole from withdrawing the waiver or reapplying for parole for 6 months. Allows an inmate to apply for a reduction in the 6-month waiver period.

APPROVED by Governor March 21, 2002        
EFFECTIVE March 21, 2002

H.B. 02-1077 Community corrections contracts - audits. Requires the division of criminal justice ("division") in the department of public safety to continue performing compliance audits of community corrections programs once every 3 years until July 1, 2003. Requires the division on and after July 1, 2003, to implement a community corrections program auditing schedule based on risk factors that will result in an audit of each community corrections program at least once every 5 years.

APPROVED by Governor March 26, 2002        
EFFECTIVE March 26, 2002

H.B. 02-1171 Canteen - transfer to division of correctional industries. Authorizes the division of correctional industries to establish and operate a canteen for inmates of state correctional facilities and to operate vending machines for visitors to such facilities.

        Transfers the existing canteen to the division of correctional industries. Creates the canteen, vending machine, and library account as a special revolving enterprise account for use by the division. Directs the state treasurer to transfer any moneys in the existing canteen, vending machine, and library fund to the account.

APPROVED by Governor March 21, 2002        
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2002

H.B. 02-1223 Sex offenses - mandatory parole. Requires any person who is convicted of an offense committed on or after July 1, 2002, involving unlawful sexual behavior, or of any other offense committed on or after July 1, 2002, the underlying factual basis of which involves unlawful sexual behavior, and who is not subject to lifetime supervision, to serve a period of mandatory parole as established for other offenses.

APPROVED by Governor March 26, 2002        
EFFECTIVE March 26, 2002

H.B. 02-1286 Surplus state property - management. Repeals the definition of "excess equipment and supplies". Replaces the phrase "surplus equipment and supplies" with the phrase "surplus state property". Modifies the procedures used by the division of correctional industries in the department of corrections to manage surplus state property.

APPROVED by Governor April 3, 2002        
EFFECTIVE April 3, 2002

 

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