House Bill 835

AN ACT TO CREATE A COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS BE KNOWN AS THE CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION WHICH OPERATES PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR A CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM SHALL BE THE CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS COMMISSION, WHICH SHALL OVERSEE AND OPERATE ALL PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF EACH COMMISSION; TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO APPOINT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO SHALL SERVE AT ITS PLEASURE; TO INCORPORATE INTO THE CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING PRETRIAL RELEASE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS ENTERING A PLEA OF GUILTY, POST-ADJUDICATION SUPERVISION, A VOCATIONAL/EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION AND WORK RELEASE, A REENTRY RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, ADULT AND JUVENILE DRUG AND DUI COURT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEFERRED PROSECUTION AND PRETRIAL DIVERSION, AND ANY OTHER SIMILAR OR RELATED PROGRAM; TO DEFINE PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND TO ALLOW REFUSAL OF PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE PERSONS WHOSE PARTICIPATION WOULD NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OR WOULD INVALIDATE THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES OFFERED; TO AUTHORIZE A CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM TO COLLECT REASONABLE FEES FROM PARTICIPANTS IN ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF A CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE A CIRCUIT COURT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM THE ABILITY TO HIRE LEGAL, ACCOUNTING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEFER OR WAIVE THE PAYMENT OF ANY FEES BASED UPON THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF A PARTICIPANT OR HIS OR HER DEPENDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PARTICIPANT IN A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM WHO WILLFULLY FAILS TO REPORT TO SUCH PROGRAM AS ORDERED, OR WHO WILLFULLY FAILS TO RETURN TO SUCH PROGRAM FROM A JOB OR TEMPORARY PASS, SHALL BE GUILTY OF ESCAPE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS AND ENUMERATED POWERS DESCRIBED SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH, OR CHANGE IN ANY MANNER, THE DRUG COURT OR PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS AUTHORIZED BY OTHER STATE STATUTES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the House of Representatives

• Percy W. Watson

  Sponsor

• Senate committee amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

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In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 9

1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the House
4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 10

1. Feb 11Sent to the Senate
2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
3. Feb 23Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
4. Mar 10Amended in the Senate
5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 10 – Apr 21

1. Mar 10Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
2. Mar 11Reconsidered in the Senate
3. Amended in the Senate
4. Passed the Senate as amended
5. Mar 16Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
6. Mar 18Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
7. Mar 22Conferees named in the House: Blackmon, Cockerham and Watson
8. Mar 23Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, Watson and Albritton
9. Mar 25Conference report filed in the Senate
10. Conference report filed in the House
11. Mar 26Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
12. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
13. Mar 27Conference report filed in the Senate
14. Conference report filed in the House
15. Conference report adopted in the Senate
16. Conference report adopted in the House
17. Apr 21Enrolled bill signed in the House

To the Governor Apr 22 – Apr 28

1. Apr 22Enrolled bill signed in the Senate
2. Apr 28Approved by the Governor