217.670. Decisions to be by majority vote--hearing panel, membership, duties--jurisdiction removal or appeal to board, when--decision to be final--closed meetings authorized.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

217.670. Decisions to be by majority vote--hearing panel, membership, duties--jurisdiction removal or appeal to board, when--decision to be final--closed meetings authorized.

Decisions to be by majority vote--hearing panel, membership,duties--jurisdiction removal or appeal to board, when--decisionto be final--closed meetings authorized.

217.670. 1. The board shall adopt an official seal of which thecourts shall take official notice.

2. Decisions of the board regarding granting of paroles, extensionsof a conditional release date or revocations of a parole or conditionalrelease shall be by a majority vote of the hearing panel members. Thehearing panel shall consist of one member of the board and two hearingofficers appointed by the board. A member of the board may remove the casefrom the jurisdiction of the hearing panel and refer it to the full boardfor a decision. Within thirty days of entry of the decision of the hearingpanel to deny parole or to revoke a parole or conditional release, theoffender may appeal the decision of the hearing panel to the board. Theboard shall consider the appeal within thirty days of receipt of theappeal. The decision of the board shall be by majority vote of the boardmembers and shall be final.

3. The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as tocompliance with the terms of sections 217.650 to 217.810 or any rulespromulgated pursuant to such section.

4. The board shall keep a record of its acts and shall notify eachcorrectional center of its decisions relating to persons who are or havebeen confined in such correctional center.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any meeting, record,or vote, of proceedings involving probation, parole, or pardon, may be aclosed meeting, closed record, or closed vote.