§1671. Criminal justice planning committees
1. Establishment. Each county, or each county working jointly with another county or other counties or with the Department of Corrections, may establish a local criminal justice planning committee, referred to in this subchapter as "the committee."
[PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §17 (AMD).]
2. Membership. Each committee is composed of representatives of various criminal justice stakeholder groups, including, but not limited to:
A. County commissioners; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
B. Judges; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
C. Prosecutors; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
D. Sheriffs; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
E. Jail administrators; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
F. Adult probation officers; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
G. State and municipal law enforcement officers; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
H. Defense attorneys; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
I. The courts; [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
J. Victim advocates; and [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
K. Members of the public. [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
3. Duties. Each committee shall collaborate with each other and coordinate efforts to educate, update and increase the use of evidence-based community corrections practices at the local level. The duties of each committee include:
A. Developing and adopting a mission statement consistent with the purposes of the State Board of Corrections under Title 34-A, section 1801; [PL 2015, c. 329, Pt. A, §18 (AMD).]
B. Regularly assessing county correctional needs and determining what community correctional programs best meet those needs; and [PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §18 (AMD).]
C. [PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §18 (RP).]
D. [PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §18 (RP).]
E. Monitoring and overseeing community corrections investments and programming, tracking outcomes and making necessary recommendations for change to ensure efficient and effective evidence-based community corrections programming. [PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW).]
[PL 2015, c. 329, Pt. A, §18 (AMD).]
4. Reports.
[PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §19 (RP).]
5. Collaboration.
[PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §20 (RP).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 377, §7 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §§17-20 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 329, Pt. A, §18 (AMD).
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