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SENATE BILL NO. 1534 – Pardons/parole comm mtg/correctn bd

SENATE BILL NO. 1534

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S1534................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
PARDONS AND PAROLE COMMISSION - Amends existing law to delete references to
the Board of Correction with respect to meetings of the Commission of
Pardons and Parole and distribution of commission reports.
                                                                        
02/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/01    Rpt prt - to Jud
03/14    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/15    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 28-0-7
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins,
      Ingram, Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs,
      Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Stennett, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Crow, Davis, Ipsen, King-Barrutia, Schroeder,
      Stegner, Thorne
    Floor Sponsor - Ingram
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
      Black, Boe, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Crow, Cuddy, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
      Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones,
      Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher(Loertscher),
      Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
      Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
      Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wood, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Callister, Clark,
    Floor Sponsor - Smith
    Title apvd - to Senate
04/04    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
04/05    Sp signed
04/06    To Governor
04/14    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 362
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 S1534
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1534
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE COMMISSION OF PARDONS AND PAROLE;  AMENDING  SECTION  20-213A,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO DELETE REFERENCES TO THE BOARD OF CORRECTION WITH RESPECT
  4        TO MEETINGS OF THE COMMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 20-213A, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        20-213A.  COMPLIANCE  WITH  OPEN  MEETING LAW -- EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AUTHO-
  9    RIZED -- REPORT REQUIRED. (1) All meetings of the commission  of  pardons  and
 10    parole  shall  be  held in accordance with the open meeting law as provided in
 11    chapter 23, title 67, Idaho Code, except:
 12        (a)  Deliberations and decisions concerning the granting, revoking,  rein-
 13        stating  or  refusing of paroles, or the granting or denying of pardons or
 14        commutations, may be made in executive session; and
 15        (b)  Votes of individual members in arriving at the parole, pardon or com-
 16        mutation decisions shall not be made public, provided that the  commission
 17        shall maintain a record of the votes of the individual members as required
 18        in subsection (2) of this section.
 19        (2)  A  written record of the vote to grant or deny parole, pardon or com-
 20    mutation, by each commission member in each case reviewed by that member shall
 21    be produced by the commission. The record produced by the commission  pursuant
 22    to  this  section  shall  be kept confidential and privileged from disclosure,
 23    provided the record shall be made available, upon request, to the governor and
 24    the chairman of the senate judiciary and rules committee and the  chairman  of
 25    the  house  of  representatives judiciary, rules and administration committee,
 26    for all lawful purposes. Distribution of the report by a  commissioner  or  an
 27    employee  of  the  executive  director or board to any person not specifically
 28    listed in this section shall be a misdemeanor.
 29        (3)  Nothing contained in this  section  shall  prevent  any  person  from
 30    obtaining  the results of any parole, pardon or commutation action by the com-
 31    mission without reference to the manner in which any  member  voted,  and  the
 32    commission shall make such information public information.
 33        (4)  Nothing  contained herein shall prevent a member of the board of cor-
 34    rection, the executive director for the commission or designated staff of  the
 35    executive  director  from attending any meeting including an executive session
 36    of the commission of pardons and parole.
 37        (5)  Nothing contained herein shall prevent the governor and  chairman  of
 38    the senate judiciary and rules committee and the chairman of the house of rep-
 39    resentatives  judiciary, rules and administration committee from attending any
 40    meeting including an executive  session  of  the  commission  of  pardons  and
 41    parole.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
                           
                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
                       RS09981
                REF: Open Meeting Law 
     
     Reference: Section 20-213A, Idaho Code. Compliance with open meeting law
     -- Executive sessions authorized - Report required. 
     
     The changes in this statute are in reference to the laws passed in 1999 to place the
     Commission of Pardons and Parole under the Governor rather than the Board of
     Correction. Prior to this time, the Board of Correction was the appointing
     authority. Under the new organization, the Board of Correction has no authority
     over the Commission. This particular statute change was not made last year. 
     
     
     
                    FISCAL IMPACT:
     
     None. 
     
     
     
               CONTACT:  Olivia Craven, Executive Director 
               Commission of Pardons and Parole
               Phone: 208/334-2520 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT                S 1534