§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).