Creation -- Members -- Chair.

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Affected by 63I-1-263 on 7/1/2022

Effective 5/5/2021
63M-7-601. Creation -- Members -- Chair.
  • (1) There is created within the governor's office the Utah Council on Victims of Crime.
  • (2) The council shall be composed of 27 voting members as follows:
    • (a) a representative of the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice appointed by the executive director;
    • (b) a representative of the Department of Corrections appointed by the executive director;
    • (c) a representative of the Board of Pardons and Parole appointed by the chair;
    • (d) a representative of the Department of Public Safety appointed by the commissioner;
    • (e) a representative of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services appointed by the director;
    • (f) a representative of the Utah Office for Victims of Crime appointed by the director;
    • (g) a representative of the Office of the Attorney General appointed by the attorney general;
    • (h) a representative of the United States Attorney for the district of Utah appointed by the United States Attorney;
    • (i) a representative of Utah's Native American community appointed by the director of the Division of Indian Affairs after input from federally recognized tribes in Utah;
    • (j) a professional or volunteer working in the area of violence against women and families appointed by the governor;
    • (k) a representative of the Department of Health's Violence and Injury Prevention Program appointed by the program's manager;
    • (l) the chair of each judicial district's victims' rights committee;
    • (m) a representative of the Statewide Association of Public Attorneys appointed by that association;
    • (n) a representative of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association appointed by the president of that association;
    • (o) a representative of the Utah Sheriffs' Association appointed by the president of that association;
    • (p) a representative of a Children's Justice Center appointed by the attorney general;
    • (q) the director of the Division of Child and Family Services or that individual's designee; and
    • (r) the following members appointed by the members in Subsections (2)(a) through (2)(q) to serve four-year terms:
      • (i) an individual who engages in community based advocacy;
      • (ii) a citizen representative; and
      • (iii) a citizen representative who has been a victim of crime.
  • (3) The council shall annually elect:
    • (a) one member to serve as chair;
    • (b) one member to serve as vice-chair; and
    • (c) one member to serve as treasurer.




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