Dan Houx voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes a Pre-Trial Witness Protection Services Fund
Title: Establishes a Pre-Trial Witness Protection Services Fund
Title: Establishes a Pre-Trial Witness Protection Services Fund
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Pre-trial Witness Protection Services Fund.
Establishes the “Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund” (Sec. A).
Authorizes funds from the Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund to be disbursed to law enforcement agencies for the purchase, rental, or modification of protected housing facilities (Sec. A).
Authorizes expenditures for law enforcement agencies to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of witnesses and victims, and their families, whenever testimony from, or a willingness to testify by, such a witness or victim would place the life of such person, or a member of their family, in jeopardy (Sec. A).
Requires law enforcement agencies seeking to provide witness protection to submit an application to the Department of Public Safety including, but not limited to (Sec. A):
A statement of conditions which qualify the persons for protection;
Precise methods to be used to provide protection including the relocation of persons;
A statement of the projected costs;
A brief statement of anticipated evidence from the persons, if applicable; and
Any offer made in exchange for the person agreeing to give evidence.
Specifies that such applications are closed records and not subject to disclosure (Sec. A).
Title: Establishes a Pre-Trial Witness Protection Services Fund