Sec. 116.

(1) With respect to juvenile court probation staff in a county that is not a county juvenile agency, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Develop and recommend to the supreme court standards and qualifications for employment and other criteria designed to develop an adequate career service.

(b) Maintain information as to court employment needs and assist in recruiting qualified personnel.

(c) Provide, with legislative approval, a statewide system of preservice and inservice training, which may include full or part-time scholarships.

(d) Develop recommendations regarding the functions of the office of county juvenile officer.

(2) The department may provide consultation and assistance services to the juvenile probation service of the court in a county that is not a county juvenile agency.

(3) The department shall develop a plan that permits the voluntary transfer of county juvenile court probation staff in a county that is not a county juvenile agency to the department by the joint concurrence of the county board of commissioners or county executive, as applicable, and the chief judge of the family division of circuit court. The plan shall include procedures for negotiations between the state, as represented by the department, and the affected county board of commissioners or county executive, the county family independence agency board, and the chief judge of the family division of circuit court for that county. The plan shall afford juvenile court probation staff transferred under the plan the opportunity to be employed in the state classified civil service in compliance with procedures established by the Michigan civil service commission. The plan shall enable the court to maintain sufficient staff to enforce court orders and to perform the preliminary inquiry and monitoring of court wards required by chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32. The plan shall be submitted to the legislature not later than 18 months after the effective date of this subsection.

(4) As used in this section, “county juvenile agency” means that term as defined in section 2 of the county juvenile agency act.

History: Add. 1969, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 1969 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 301, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 87, Eff. Apr. 1, 1978 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 516, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of the Office of Children and Youth Services as a single-purpose entity within the Department of Social Services to the Department of Social Services, see E.R.O. No. 1991-8, compiled at MCL 400.221 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.Popular Name: Act 280