SDCL § 16-22-9: Promulgation of HOPE probation program rules.

The Supreme Court shall establish rules pursuant to § 16-3-1 for the programs consistent with the following components, modeled after the national HOPE court initiative:

(1) Involvement and commitment of criminal justice officials including judges, state's attorneys, defense attorneys, law enforcement, court services officers, and treatment providers;

(2) Eligibility criteria focused on offenders with a high risk to reoffend, without consideration of the current offense;

(3) Judicial involvement in setting and communicating to the probationer program expectations and consequences for noncompliance;

(4) Frequent, effective, and randomized drug and or alcohol testing;

(5) Swift, certain, and proportional sanctions for noncompliance with program conditions;

(6) Swift and certain warrant service for absconding; and

(7) Compilation, evaluation, and publicly reported program results.