Reference is to Printer's Date 3/10/16 -H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 24-13-1530(A), as contained in SECTION 1, by deleting Section 24-13-1530(A) and inserting:
/(A) Notwithstanding another provision of
law which requires mandatory incarceration, electronic and
nonelectronic home detention programs may be used as an
alternative to incarceration for low risk,
nonviolent adult and juvenile offenders who
have been charged with or convicted of a crime other than those
listed in Section 16-1-60, with the exception of a drug
trafficking offense that carries a maximum sentence of up to ten
years but not trafficking methamphetamine, provided they are
monitored by a GPS tracking device and bear the cost of the
GPS, as selected by the court if there is a home detention
program available in the jurisdiction. Applications by offenders
for home detention may be made to the court as an alternative to
the following correctional programs:
(1)
pretrial or preadjudicatory detention;
(2)
probation (intensive supervision);
(3)
community corrections (diversion);
(4)
parole (early release);
(5)
work release;
(6)
institutional furlough;
(7)
jail diversion; or
(8)
shock incarceration. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.