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2001 SESSION

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HB 1753 Juveniles; postdispositional detention.

Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Postdispositional detention. Amends legislation that will be effective July 1, 2002, to provide that if the period of postdispositional confinement is to exceed 30 days the juvenile must be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill also adds a provision that a juvenile who has been committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice within the past 18 months is not eligible for postdispositional detention. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Youth, which reviewed the postdispositional legislation passed during the 2000 General Assembly Session.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Postdispositional detention. Amends legislation that will be effective July 1, 2002 to provide that if the period of postdispositional confinement is to exceed 30 days the juvenile must be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill also adds a provision that a juvenile who has been committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice within the last 18 months is not eligible for postdispositional detention. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Youth, which reviewed the postdispositional legislation passed during the 2000 General Assembly Session.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Postdispositional detention. Amends legislation that will be effective July 1, 2002 to provide that if the period of postdispositional confinement is to exceed 30 days the juvenile must be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill also adds a provision that a juvenile who has been committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice within the last 18 months is not eligible for postdispositional detention. The bill amends current law to allow a juvenile to serve a total of 10 days for all offenses violating a dispositional court order rather than 10 days for each violation. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Youth, which reviewed the postdispositional legislation passed during the 2000 General Assembly Session.