GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1031

Short Title:  JSD On Juv. Law Study Comm.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Hensley.
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Referred to:  State Government.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS TO THE JUVENILE LAW STUDY COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-740(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Juvenile Law Study Commission is hereby created.  It shall consist of 19 voting members, 15 to be appointed by the Governor, two by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and two by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be members of the Senate at the time of their appointment; the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be members of the House of Representatives at the time of their appointment.  Of the members appointed by the Governor, two shall be district court judges, one from an urban district, one from a rural.  Three shall be a chief court counselor and two court counselors representing the Intake Division, one from an urban district, one from a rural.  Two shall be from Social Services, one from the State level and one from the county.  One shall be from the Division of Youth Services.  One shall be from a local facility of Community Based Alternatives.  One shall be a youth member representing the youth of the State who shall be a person under the age of 21 at the time of the appointment, who shall serve for one year.  One shall be a State or local representative of the Guardian Ad Litem Services of the Administrative Office of the Courts, who shall serve for two years.  One shall be a State or local representative of the Juvenile Services Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts, who shall serve for two years. One shall be from Law Enforcement.  One shall be from the North Carolina Juvenile Detention Association.  One shall be the member of the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee of the Governor's Crime Commission recommended for appointment by the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee and shall serve for three years.  The district court judges and the Social Services members shall serve for three years.  The chief court counselor and the court counselors shall serve for two years.  The representatives from the Division of Youth Services, Law Enforcement, Community Based Alternatives, and the Juvenile Detention Association shall serve for one year.  The legislative members shall serve for two-year terms.  All initial terms shall begin July 1, 1980."
Sec. 2.  The initial representative of the Division of Juvenile Services of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall be appointed to an initial term ending on June 30, 1994.  The successor's term shall begin on July 1, 1994.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.