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.