Definitions; creation of board; officers; compensation; hearing panels; meetings

Definitions; creation of board; officers; compensation; hearing panels; meetings. (a) As used in W.S. 7-13-401 through 7-13-424: (i) "Board" means the state board of parole; (ii) "Conditional release" means any form of release by an institution or by a court, other than parole or probation, which is subject to conditions imposed by the institution or court, but excludes release on bail; (iii) "Conditional releasee" means an individual granted conditional release by an institution or court; (iv) corrections; "Department" means the department of (v) "Director" means the director of the department of corrections; (vi) "Institution" includes the Wyoming state penitentiary, state penitentiary farms and camps, Wyoming women's center, Wyoming state hospital and any other state penal institution including a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102; (vii) "Parole" means permission to leave the confines of the institution in which a person is confined under specified conditions, but does not operate as a discharge of the person; (viii) "Parolee" means a prisoner or an inmate of an institution who has been granted parole; 7-2-101; (ix) "Peace officer" means as defined by W.S. (x) "Probation" means a sentence not involving confinement which imposes conditions and retains authority in the sentencing court to modify the conditions of the sentence or to resentence the offender if he violates the conditions; (xi) "Probationer" means a defendant granted probation by the sentencing court; (xii) "Executive director" means the executive director of the board; (xiii) "Field services administrator" means the administrator for the department of corrections division of field services; (xiv) "Probation and parole agent" means an employee of the department of corrections, division of field services, who supervises a parolee or probationer; (xv) "Compliance violation" means a violation of a condition of probation, parole or conditional release but shall not include: offense; or (A) An arrest for a new misdemeanor or felony (B) Absconding from supervision, which includes the defendant, probationer or parolee deliberately making his whereabouts unknown to his probation and parole agent, the department or court or failing to report for the purpose of avoiding supervision, where reasonable efforts by the probation and parole agent to locate the defendant, probationer or parolee have been unsuccessful. (b) There is created the state board of parole which consists of seven (7) members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103. Not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the members shall be of the same political party. Members of the board shall be appointed for six (6) year terms. The governor may remove any board member as provided in W.S.