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H0677aa..............................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
PROBATION/PAROLE SUPERVISION - Amends existing law to provide that any
person under state probation or parole supervision shall be required to pay
not more than $85.00 nor less than $40.00 per month as determined by the
Board of Correction, to delete the examination requirement for an
employment handicap exemption and to provide an additional exemption.
02/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/26 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/06 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/09 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/11 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 64-3-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15), Black(23),
Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22),
Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
Robison, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tippets, Trail,
Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Sali, Stoicheff
Absent and excused -- Bell, Crow, Tilman
Floor Sponsor - Tippets
Title apvd - to Senate
03/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Jud
H0677|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 677, As Amended BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO PROBATION AND PAROLE; AMENDING SECTION 20-225, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO- 3 VIDE THAT ANY PERSON UNDER STATE PROBATION OR PAROLE SUPERVISION SHALL BE 4 REQUIRED TO PAY NOT MORE THAN EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS NOR LESS THAN FORTY DOL- 5 LARS PER MONTH AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF CORRECTION, TO DELETE THE 6 EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT FOR AN EMPLOYMENT HANDICAP EXEMPTION AND TO PRO- 7 VIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 20-225, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 20-225. PAYMENT FOR COST OF SUPERVISION. Except as otherwise pro- 12 vided in this section, aAny person under state probation 13 or parole supervision shall be required tocontributepay 14 an amount of not more thanthirtyeighty -five 15 dollars ($38 5.00) per month nor less than 16 forty dollars ($40.00) per month as determined by the board of correc- 17 tion. Any failure to pay such contribution shall constitute grounds for the 18 revocation of probation by the court or the revocation of parole by the com- 19 mission for pardons and parole. The division of probation and parole in the 20 department of correction may exempt a person from the payment of all or any 21 part of the foregoing contribution if it finds any of the following factors to 22 exist: 23 (1) The offender has diligently attempted but been unable to obtain 24 employment. 25 (2) The offender has an employment handicap, as determined by a26physical, psychological, or psychiatric examinationacceptable to the 27 division of probation and parole. 28 (3) The offender, at the discretion of the division of probation 29 and parole, is unable to pay the cost of supervision when added to court-or- 30 dered fees, treatment costs, victim restitution and child support obligations. 31 32 Money collected as a fee for services will be placed in the probation and 33 parole receipts account, which is hereby created in the dedicated fund in the 34 state treasury, and utilized to provide supervision for clients. Moneys in the 35 probation and parole receipts account may be expended only after appropriation 36 by the legislature.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07943
The Department of Corrections currently has the authority
to assess a fee of up to $35.00 per month to anyone on
probation or parole with exceptions that are listed in
Section 20-225. The money is used to offset the cost of
supervision. This legislation would require the
department, in those cases that are not exempted, to
assess a fee of not less than $40.00 per month, nor more
than $85.00 per month.
FISCAL NOTE
Currently, offenders on probation or parole are charged
$30.00 per month toward the cost of their supervision, which
costs between $83.00 and $92.00 per month. Increasing the
portion of the cost charged to an offender to a minimum of
$40.00 per month would generate approximately $342,000 in
additional revenue per year. This would shift more of the
total cost of supervision to offenders, decreasing the
expense to the general fund by the same amount. This
estimate assumes that 44% of offenders would pay the $40.00
fee, compared to 79% of offenders currently paying the
$30.00 fee. Because the Department of Correction would
continue to collect and enforce the collection of the fee in
the same manner, there would be no additional cost to
administer an increased charge to offenders.
CONTACT: Representative John Tippets
332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
H 677