(1) There is hereby created a juvenile parole board, referred to in this section and section 19-2-207 as the "board", to consist of nine members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Any vacancy that occurs when the general assembly is not in session may be filled by the governor, and such member shall serve temporarily until confirmed at the next regular session of the general assembly.
(2) All nine members shall be voting members, and, of the nine members:
One member shall be from the department of human services;
One member shall be from the department of education;
One member shall be from the department of public safety;
One member shall be from the department of labor and employment; and
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1105, § 10, effective July 1, 2008.)
Five members shall be from the public at large and shall not be employees of the stategovernment. At least one of the members from the public at large shall be a resident of the area west of the continental divide.
All members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, and the governor shall designate one member of the board to act as chairperson.
The full board shall meet not less than once a month, and the presence of five members, at least two of whom are members described in paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of this section, shall constitute a quorum to transact official business of the full board.
All members of the board shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred inthe performance of their duties. In addition to the reimbursement of expenses, the five citizen board members shall receive a per diem of one hundred fifty dollars per full day and seventyfive dollars per half day spent transacting official business of the board.
Clerical and other assistance for the board shall be furnished by the department ofhuman services. Such clerical and other assistance shall be supervised by a juvenile parole board administrator appointed by the executive director of the department of human services.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1604, § 1, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 818, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2)(d), (2)(e), (2)(f), (4), and (5) amended, p. 1105, § 10, effective July 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1201. Prior to relocation in 1996, the said section 19-2-1201 was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of that section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-9-101 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
(2) The former section 19-2-206 was relocated to section 19-2-504 when this article was amended with relocations in 1996.