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Committee refines H.559 language to create parole-board legal-counsel pilot; funding questions remain
Summary
The House Corrections and Institutions Committee reviewed draft language for H.559 to create a parole-board legal-counsel pilot to provide annual training and on-call legal advice; members agreed the AGO, parole board and Agency of Human Services should coordinate contracting but debated whether $25,000 is sufficient and whether to seek $50,000–$75,000 in additional funds.
The House Corrections and Institutions Committee reviewed revised draft language for H.559 on Tuesday, directing staff to broaden the pilot’s training scope while leaving final decisions about procurement and funding to a follow-up appropriations discussion.
Hillary Cutter Ames of the Office of Legislative Council told the panel the bill’s new Section 4 would create “a parole board legal counsel pilot project” to provide external legal support for annual training and “legal advice to the board as needed related to board hearings,” and assigns coordination to the Office of the Attorney General, the parole board, and the Agency of Human Services. Ames said the draft also asks the parole board director to submit a written report on the pilot; the committee agreed to a revised deadline for that report.
The proposal is intended to give parole-board members additional legal backing for due-process matters and parole-violation hearings, and to let the board document budget needs for future fiscal years. “Annual…
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