216A.132 Council established — terms — compensation.

1. A criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory council is established consisting of twenty-three members who shall all reside in the state.

a. The governor shall appoint seven members each for a four-year term beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19 and subject to confirmation by the senate as follows:

(1) Three persons, each of whom is a county supervisor, county sheriff, mayor, nonsupervisory police officer, or a chief of police of a department with less than eleven police officers.

(2) Two persons who are knowledgeable about Iowa’s juvenile justice system.

(3) One person who represents the general public and is not employed in any law enforcement, judicial, or corrections capacity.

(4) One person who is either a crime victim, or who represents a crime victim organization.

b. The departments of human services, corrections, and public safety, the office on the status of African Americans, the department of public health, the chairperson of the board of parole, the attorney general, the state public defender, and the governor’s office of drug control policy shall each designate a person to serve on the council.

c. (1) The chief justice of the supreme court shall designate one member who is a district judge and one member who is either a district associate judge or associate juvenile judge. The members appointed pursuant to this subparagraph shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members for four-year terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19, unless the member ceases to serve as a judge.

(2) The chairperson and ranking member of the senate committee on judiciary shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. In alternating two-year terms, beginning and ending as provided in section 69.16B, the chairperson and ranking member of the house committee on judiciary or of the house committee on public safety shall be ex officio, nonvoting members, with the chairperson and ranking member of the house committee on public safety serving during the term beginning in January 2011.

d. The Iowa county attorneys association shall designate a person to serve on the council.

2. Members of the council shall receive reimbursement from the state for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Members may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.

3. Members of the council shall appoint a chairperson and vice chairperson and other officers as the council deems necessary. A majority of the voting members currently appointed to the council shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required for the conduct of business of the council and the affirmative vote of a majority of the currently appointed members is necessary for any substantive action taken by the council. A member shall not vote on any action if the member has a conflict of interest on the matter, and a statement by the member of a conflict of interest shall be conclusive for this purpose.

88 Acts, ch 1277, §15

C89, §601K.132

90 Acts, ch 1124, §2

C93, §216A.132

2006 Acts, ch 1010, §66; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §51; 2008 Acts, ch 1085, §1, 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §28, 58; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §142 – 144, 170; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §152; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §110

Confirmation, see §2.32