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2008 SESSION
084537248Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 9.1-178 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9.1-178. Community criminal justice boards.
A. Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing a local pretrial services or a community-based probation services agency pursuant to this article shall establish a community criminal justice board. Each county and city participating in local pretrial services or local community-based probation services shall be represented on the community criminal justice board. In the event that one county or city appropriates funds to these services as part of a multijurisdictional effort, any other participating county or city shall be considered to be participating if such locality appropriates funds to these services. Appointments to the board shall be made by each local governing body. In cases of multijurisdictional participation, unless otherwise agreed upon, each participating city or county shall have an equal number of appointments. Boards shall be composed of the number of members established by a resolution or ordinance of each participating jurisdiction.
B. Each board shall include, at a minimum, the following
members: a person appointed by each governing body to represent the governing
body; a judge of the general district court; a circuit court judge; a juvenile
and domestic relations district court judge; a chief magistrate; one chief of
police or the sheriff in a jurisdiction not served by a police department to
represent law enforcement; an attorney for the Commonwealth; a public defender
or an attorney who is experienced in the defense of criminal matters; a sheriff
or the regional jail administrator responsible for jails serving those
jurisdictions involved in local pretrial services and community-based probation
services; a local educator; and a community services board
administrator, one person representing a provider of mental health services, and one person who is a
consumer of mental health services. Any officer of the court
appointed to a community criminal justice board pursuant to this subsection may
designate a member of his staff approved by the governing body to represent him
at meetings of the board.