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Judiciary
Public Safety Policy and Finance
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The study must make recommendations on whether the law should be changed to require these examinations and, if so, the situations and conditions under which the examinations should be required, including but not limited to: (1) the types of offenses the requirement should apply to; (2) how best to screen individuals to determine whether an examination should be required; (3) situations in which an examination would not be required, potentially including where a recent examination had been conducted; (4) the costs involved with requiring examinations and how best to pay for these costs; and (5) the effect examination results should have on future proceedings involving the individual, including sentencing and providing treatment.
"The Judicial Branch is unable to complete this study for three reasons: first, the Branch is
unable to collect this type of data; second, the Branch does not have expertise in this area;
and third, the report requires the Judicial Branch to make recommendations on substantive
law changes and the Judicial Branch does not weigh in on substantive law changes. The
Judicial Branch returned the $30,000 appropriation to the general fund as we are unable to
complete this study"
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