HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 4149, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Reddick offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 67, between lines 26 and 27 of the bill

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17         Section 55.  For fiscal year 1999-2000, the Parole

18  Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Management

19  Services and the Department of Corrections and with assistance

20  from a minimum of three academic researchers in the criminal

21  justice field, is authorized to conduct a study to evaluate,

22  investigate, and analyze the feasibility of implementing a

23  program such as the State of Arizona's Proposition 200. The

24  study will address recidivism issues, reimbursement efforts,

25  and potential cost savings to the state by the release of

26  certain drug offenders from correctional institutions. The

27  findings and recommendations shall be submitted to the

28  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

29  Representatives by January 1, 2000.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                     Bill No. CS/HB 4149, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         authorizing a study on criminal justice issues

 7         involving drug offenders; authorizing the study

 8         to be conducted by the Parole Commission in

 9         cooperation with the Department of Management

10         Services and the Department of Corrections;

11         requiring findings and recommendations to be

12         submitted to the Legislature;

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