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(B)   THE COMMISSION SHALL:

(1)    EVALUATE INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF PAROLEES AS REPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND
PROBATION;

(2)    ISSUE WARRANTS OR DELEGATE TO THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION THE
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE WARRANTS FOR THE RETAKING OF PAROLEES
WHO ARE CHARGED WITH HAVING VIOLATED THE CONDITIONS OF
PAROLE OR HAVING COMMITTED A NEW OFFENSE AGAINST THE LAW;

(3)    REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
GOVERNOR CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON, PAROLE OF A
PERSON UNDER A SENTENCE OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT, COMMUTATION
OF SENTENCE, OR CLEMENCY;

(4)    ESTABLISH AND MODIFY FROM TIME TO TIME
GENERAL POLICY GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF PAROLEES; AND

(5)    ARRANGE FOR PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR PAROLE WHEN THE COMMISSION
FEELS THAT AN EXAMINATION WILL BETTER ENABLE IT TO DECIDE
ON THE ADVISABILITY OF PAROLE AND INCLUDE THE EXPENSE FOR
THE EXAMINATION IN ITS ANNUAL BUDGET.

(C)    A HEARING EXAMINER OR A COMMISSION MEMBER
ACTING AS A HEARING EXAMINER HAS THE POWER TO HEAR CASES
FOR PAROLE RELEASE THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE HEARD BY
THE COMMISSION UNDER SUBSECTION (A) (3) OF THIS SECTION.

111.

(A)    BEFORE ANY HEARING ON PAROLE RELEASE, THE
COMMISSION SHALL GIVE TO THE INMATE ADEQUATE AND TIMELY
WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE
HEARING AND OF THE FACTORS THAT THE COMMISSION OR HEARING
EXAMINER WILL CONSIDER IN THE DETERMINATION.

(B)    THE NOTICE ALSO SHALL INDICATE THAT, BEFORE
THE HEARING, THE PRISONER OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE
ALLOWED, ON REQUEST, TO EXAMINE ANY DOCUMENT THAT THE
COMMISSION OR HEARING EXAMINER WILL USE IN MAKING THE
DETERMINATION. HOWEVER, IF THE COMMISSION DETERMINES
THAT ANY PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT IS A DIAGNOSTIC OPINION
OR THAT THE DOCUMENT, IF MADE KNOWN TO THE INMATE, WOULD
DISRUPT SERIOUSLY A PROGRAM OF REHABILITATION, CONTAINS
SOURCES OF INFORMATION OBTAINED ON A PROMISE OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, OR IS OTHERWISE PRIVILEGED, THE
COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE INMATE THAT THE DOCUMENT, OR
ANY PORTION OF IT, IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION AND,
ON REQUEST AND IF APPROPRIATE, SHALL PROVIDE THE INMATE
OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF ANY
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENT.

112.

EACH HEARING EXAMINER AND COMMISSION MEMBER