ESSB 6108 - H AMD TO H APP COMM AMD (H-5320.5/98) 1067 ADOPTED 3-4-98

By Representative

On page 87, after line 20, insert the following:

ASec. 222. 1997 c 149 s 224 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

FOR THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION

General Fund Appropriation (FY 1998)				. . . . .	$	714,000
General Fund Appropriation (FY 1999)				. . . . .	$	713,000
	TOTAL APPROPRIATION	.	.	. . . . .	$	1,427,000

The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: the commission shall study the feasibility and desirability of allowing certain older or physically infirm offenders to be released from institutional confinement, with the assumption that these released offenders would remain on community custody for the remainder of their length of confinement. The study shall identify: (1) groups who would be potential candidates for such a program; (2) how individual offenders in these groups could be screened to maintain public safety; (3) how these offenders, if released, could be supervised in such a way as to maintain public safety; (4) what statutory changes would be necessary to implement such a program; (5) how much savings such a program would generate; and (6) any other items the commission deems relevant. The study shall be transmitted to the chairs and ranking minority members of the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature not later than December 15, 1998.@

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively.