N.Y. Executive Law § 501-g: State council for interstate juvenile supervision

* § 501-g. State council for interstate juvenile supervision. 1.

Pursuant to article IX of section five hundred one-e of this article,

there is hereby created within the office of children and family

services a state council for interstate juvenile supervision. The

council shall consist of the compact administrator, who shall be the

commissioner of the office of children and family services, and ten

other members to be appointed as follows:

(a) one legislative representative to be appointed by the governor

upon recommendation of the speaker of the assembly;

(b) one legislative representative to be appointed by the governor

upon recommendation of the temporary president of the senate;

(c) a judicial representative to be appointed by the governor upon

recommendation of the chief judge of the court of appeals;

(d) the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services or

his or her designee;

(e) the executive director of the council on children and families or

his or her designee;

(f) the director of the office of probation and correctional

alternatives or his or her designee;

(g) the director of the office of victim services or his or her

designee;

(h) the commissioner of the New York city administration for

children's services or his or her designee;

(i) a member of the New York juvenile justice advisory group as

appointed by the governor; and

(j) an attorney appointed upon the recommendation of the New York

state bar association who has represented juveniles in family court in

this state for a total of at least five years.

2. The council shall advise and exercise oversight and advocacy

concerning the state's participation in interstate commission activities

and other duties as the council may determine, including but not limited

to, development of policy concerning the operations and procedures of

the compact within the state. The appointments provided for in this

section shall be made within ninety days of the effective date of this

section. Each appointed member of the council shall serve a term of five

years. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created other than by

expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the

member whom he or she is to succeed. Vacancies caused by the expiration

of term shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and

for a term of five years. The council members shall serve without salary

but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other

related expenses associated with participation in the work of the

council.

3. The state council for interstate juvenile supervision shall provide

an annual report on or before the first day of January, two thousand

twelve, and the first day of January each year thereafter, to the

governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the

senate, the minority leader in the assembly, the minority leader in the

senate and the chief judge of the court of appeals on the operations of

the council pertaining to juveniles subject to the interstate compact

for juveniles. Such report shall include an evaluation of the

implementation and operation of the interstate compact for juveniles and

the rules adopted by the interstate commission; a description of the

policies adopted by the state council under the compact; the data

collected by the interstate commission and the council; the status of

and interstate movement of juveniles subject to the compact, including

the number of juveniles subject to the compact and the supervision

status of such juveniles, and, where available, statistical information

on the age, ethnic and racial background, education, and institutional

or criminal history of the juveniles subject to the compact. The report

shall further include the council's evaluation of the efficiency and

effectiveness of the interstate compact for juveniles and shall make

recommendations concerning the operations, procedures and this state's

continued inclusion in the interstate compact for juveniles.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2030