There is established a Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only. The commission shall consist of the undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management, the Chief Court Administrator, the Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State’s Attorney, the Chief Public Defender, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or their designees, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division or other designee of the Chief Court Administrator and the following members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Governor: Three government officials, a police chief, three persons representing offender and victim services within the private community and two public members. In addition, the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioner of Social Services, or their designees, shall be members of the commission with authority to deliberate and vote on matters concerning employment and entitlement programs available to adult and juvenile offenders who are reentering the community, the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Education, or their designees, shall be members of the commission with authority to participate and vote on matters concerning juvenile justice and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, or his or her designee, shall be a member of the commission with authority to deliberate and vote on matters concerning veterans within the criminal justice system including the reentry needs of incarcerated veterans. The undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The commission shall meet at such times as it deems necessary.

(P.A. 81-437, S. 1, 12; P.A. 82-472, S. 168, 183; P.A. 84-27, S. 2; P.A. 02-132, S. 11; P.A. 04-234, S. 2, 14; P.A. 05-249, S. 5; P.A. 06-193, S. 4; P.A. 13-214, S. 15; P.A. 15-44, S. 1; P.A. 16-167, S. 24; P.A. 17-58, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 82-472 made a technical change by eliminating the director of the justice commission from the commission on prison and jail overcrowding and adding one more government official; P.A. 84-27 deleted the requirement that the commission meet at least once each month; P.A. 02-132 replaced “the Chief Bail Commissioner” with “the executive director of the Court Support Services Division” and made technical changes; P.A. 04-234 added the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the chairperson of the Board of Parole as members of the commission and authorized the designees of those individuals and of the Commissioner of Correction and the Commissioner of Public Safety to serve, effective June 8, 2004, and replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-249 added the undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management as a member of the commission and replaced provision requiring the Governor to appoint a chairperson from among the members of the commission with provision requiring said undersecretary to serve as chairperson, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 changed name of Commission on Prison and Jail Overcrowding to Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission, added Labor Commissioner and Commissioner of Social Services, or their designees, as members with respect to matters concerning employment and entitlement programs available to adult and juvenile offenders reentering the community and added Commissioner of Children and Families and Commissioner of Education, or their designees, as members with respect to matters concerning juvenile justice, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 13-214 changed number of members representing offender and victim services within private community from 2 to 3; P.A. 15-44 added Commissioner of Veterans’ Affairs as a member with authority to deliberate and vote on matters concerning veterans within the criminal justice system; P.A. 16-167 replaced “Commissioner of Veterans’ Affairs” with “Commissioner of Veterans Affairs”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-58 replaced “Commissioner of Public Safety” with “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective June 20, 2017.