16-22-9. Promulgation of HOPE probation program rules.

The Supreme Court shall establish rules pursuant to § 16-3-1 for the programs consistent with the following components, modeled after the national HOPE court initiative:

(1)    Involvement and commitment of criminal justice officials including judges, state's attorneys, defense attorneys, law enforcement, court services officers, and treatment providers;

(2)    Eligibility criteria focused on offenders with a high risk to reoffend, without consideration of the current offense;

(3)    Judicial involvement in setting and communicating to the probationer program expectations and consequences for noncompliance;

(4)    Frequent, effective, and randomized drug and or alcohol testing;

(5)    Swift, certain, and proportional sanctions for noncompliance with program conditions;

(6)    Swift and certain warrant service for absconding; and

(7)    Compilation, evaluation, and publicly reported program results.

Source: SL 2013, ch 101, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; SL 2016, ch 113, § 2.