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.
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