§353-137 Automated victim information and notification system governance committee. (a) There is established within the department of corrections and rehabilitation, an automated victim information and notification system governance committee. The members of the governance committee shall be appointed by the director of corrections and rehabilitation from a list submitted by the governance committee; provided that the initial members of the committee shall be selected by the director from a list of members provided by the statewide automated victim information and notification governance committee currently serving in that capacity under a grant from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance establishing the victim notification system.

(b) The terms of the members shall be for four years and shall commence on July 1 and expire on June 30; provided that the governance committee may elect to reduce the terms of those initially appointed so as to provide, as nearly as can be, for the expiration of an equal number of terms at intervals of one year. No person shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms on the governance committee; provided that membership shall not exceed eight consecutive years. Any member whose term has expired and who is not disqualified for membership under this subsection may continue in office as a holdover member until a successor is nominated and appointed; provided that a holdover member shall not hold office beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office.

(c) A vacancy occurring in the membership of the governance committee during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term thereof as provided in subsection (a). The director of corrections and rehabilitation may remove or suspend for cause any member after due notice and public hearing.

(d) The governance committee members shall include:

(1) A victim;

(2) One representative from a victim assistance program in each county;

(3) One representative from the police department of each county; and

(4) One representative from each of the following:

(A) Mothers Against Drunk Driving shall be requested to serve;

(B) The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence shall be requested to serve;

(D) Crime victim compensation commission;

(E) The Hawaii paroling authority;

(F) The judiciary;

(G) The crime prevention and justice assistance division of the department of the attorney general; and

(H) The information technology section of the department.

The committee members shall elect a member who shall serve as the chairperson.

(e) The governance committee may advise the department on the following issues:

(1) The implementation and operation of the system;

(2) The establishment of performance measures;

(3) Specifications and configuration parameters for the operation of the system;

(4) Management of the system; and

(5) Policies and procedures governing the use of the system, including policies to safeguard the safety, confidentiality, and autonomy of victims.

(f) Meetings of the governance committee shall be held on a quarterly basis during the system's first year of implementation and no less than twice a year thereafter.

(g) The members of the governance committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties.

(h) Members of the governance committee acting in good faith and within the scope of their duties under this chapter shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability arising from these acts, except where the member's conduct would constitute gross negligence, wilful and wanton misconduct, or intentional misconduct. [L 2012, c 190, pt of §1; am L 2022, c 278, §29]