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HOUSE BILL NO. 1000
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on February 8, 2002)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate McDonnell)
A BILL to amend the second enactment of Chapter 978 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly, relating to duties of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the second enactment of Chapter 978 of the 2000 Acts of Assembly is amended as follows:

2. That the Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish guidelines for use by their Court Service Unit personnel when making recommendations to the court regarding the secure detention of juveniles a uniform risk assessment instrument for use when making a detention decision pursuant to § 16.1-248.1 and when making recommendations to the court at a detention hearing pursuant to § 16.1-250. The uniform risk assessment instrument and related procedure shall be implemented by each court service unit and distributed to each juvenile court judge no later than October 1, 2002.