.330   Duties of board.


439.330 Duties of board.
(1)
The board shall:
(a)  Study the case histories of persons eligible for parole, and deliberate on that
record;
(b)  Conduct reviews and hearings on the desirability of granting parole;
(c)  Impose upon the parolee or conditional releasee such conditions as it sees fit;
(d)  Order the granting of parole;
(e)  Issue warrants for persons charged with violations of parole and conduct
hearings on such charges, subject to the provisions of KRS 439.341;
(f)  Determine the period of supervision for parolees, which period may be subject
to extension or reduction after recommendation of the cabinet is received and
considered; and
(g)  Grant final discharge to parolees.
(2)
The board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice.
(3)
The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the
terms of KRS 439.250 to 439.560.
(4)
The board shall keep a record of its acts, an electronic record of its meetings, a
written record of the votes of individual members, and the reasons for denying
parole to inmates. These records shall be public records in accordance with KRS
61.870 to 61.884. The board shall notify each institution of its decisions relating to
the persons who are or have been confined therein, and shall submit to the Governor
a report with statistical and other data of its work at the close of each fiscal year.
Effective: March 18, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 3, effective March 18, 2005. --
Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 4, effective April 4, 1994. -- Amended 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 43, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 1,
effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(16). --
Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 9, effective May 18, 1956.
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