Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 2, by striking line 29, in Section 14-29-30, as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting therein the following:
/ funds. Each circuit solicitor that accepts state funding for the /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking lines 6-8, in Section 14-29-40(B)(4) as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting therein the following:
/ (4) receive an allowance for mileage, subsistence, and per diem paid by the solicitor's office when engaged in the exercise of duties as a veterans treatment court judge; /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking line 15, in Section 14-29-40(B)(7) as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting therein the following:
/ (7) receive training provided for this service by organizations which offer this type of training; and /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 3, by striking line 36, in Section 14-29-40(C)(5) as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting therein the following:
/ solicitor, a certified or licensed drug and alcohol counselor, a veterans affairs counselor, /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, page 8, by striking lines 1-19, in Sections 14-29-70(A) and (B), as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting therein the following:
/ Section 14-29-70. (A) The transfer of an offender from the custody and jurisdiction of the circuit court to custody and jurisdiction of the veterans treatment court must be made by issue of a written order from the circuit court in response to the approval of the application by the veterans treatment court. This order must provide for the deferment of the offender's sentence pending the conclusion of the veterans treatment court program. The veterans treatment court then shall control and be responsible for the custody of the offender upon entry of the circuit court's order.
(B) Where a person fails to successfully complete the program and is consequently dismissed from the program, the veterans treatment court must transfer custody of the person to the circuit court for the imposition of the sentence. A court may not reduce a sentence for time spent participating in a veterans treatment court program and other conditions of the sentence. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.