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Judiciary committee advances bill requiring victim notice for education releases, allows authorized representatives to give parole/pardon notices
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a due pass for House Bill 1061, which adds education-release programs to events that must trigger victim notification through the ND7 system and permits parole or pardon notices to be delivered by an "authorized representative."
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a due pass on House Bill 1061 after hearing that the bill would add education-release programs to the list of offender releases that must trigger victim notifications and would allow certain parole- or pardon-related notices to be provided by an "authorized representative."
Committee members heard support testimony from Claire Ness, chief deputy attorney general, who said HB 1061 clarifies how the North Dakota Statewide Victim Information and Notification System (ND7) is used and would help custodial authorities meet their notification duties under state law and the state constitutional victims' rights provision known informally as Marcy's law.
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