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.