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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 6A. CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL

35-6A-12. Role of juvenile justice advisory board.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. The juvenile justice advisory board shall:

  2. (1)

    Meet at such times and places as it shall determine necessary or convenient to perform its duties. The advisory board shall also meet on the call of the chairperson, the director of the council, the chairperson of the council, or the Governor;#

  3. (2)

    Maintain minutes of its meetings;#

  4. (3)

    Participate in the development and review of this state’s juvenile justice plan prior to submission to the council for final action;#

  5. (4)

    Be afforded the opportunity to review and comment, not later than 30 days after their submission to the advisory board, on all juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grant applications submitted to the council;#

  6. (5)

    Using the combined expertise and experience of its members, provide regular advice and counsel to the director of the council to enable the council to carry out its statutory duties under this article; and#

  7. (6)

    Carry out such duties that may be required by federal law or regulation so as to enable this state to receive and disburse federal funds for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 35-6A-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 2/HB 263; Ga. L. 2023, p. 83, § 3/HB 268, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, inserted “juvenile justice” in the undesignated introductory language in this Code section.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27, 2025 edition, page 239; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 6c7b6bcea397.