(1) Juvenile parole services are administered by the division of youth services in the department of human services, under the direction of the director of the division of youth services, appointed pursuant to section 19-2-203.
The director of the division shall appoint juvenile parole officers and other personnelof the division of youth services pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and with the consent of the department of human services. Juvenile parole officers have the powers and duties specified in part 10 of this article 2 and the powers of peace officers, as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-138.
The division of youth services may divide juvenile parole supervision into regionsthroughout the state. Within each region there may be more than one office location for parole officers.
and (5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1, 2008.)
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1605, § 1, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2003: (2) amended, p.1627, § 57, effective August 6. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2017: (1), (2), and (3) amended, (HB 17-1329), ch. 381, p. 1972, § 29, effective June 6.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1204. Prior to relocation in 1996, the said section 19-2-1204 was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987.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 19-9-104 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
(2) The former section 19-2-209 was relocated to section 19-2-803 when this article was amended with relocations in 1996.