Sec. 18-87j. Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.
Sec. 18-87j. Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission. There is established
a Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission which shall be within the Office of
Policy and Management for administrative purposes only. The commission shall consist
of the undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the
Office of Policy and Management, the Chief Court Administrator, the Commissioner
of Correction, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief
Public Defender, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the
chairperson of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or their designees, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division or other designee of the Chief Court Administrator and the following members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Governor:
Three government officials, a police chief, two persons representing offender and victim
services within the private community and two public members. In addition, the Labor
Commissioner and the Commissioner of Social Services, or their designees, shall be
members of the commission with authority to deliberate and vote on matters concerning
employment and entitlement programs available to adult and juvenile offenders who
are reentering the community, and the Commissioner of Children and Families and the
Commissioner of Education, or their designees, shall be members of the commission
with authority to participate and vote on matters concerning juvenile justice. The undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division shall serve as chairperson
of the commission. The commission shall meet at such times as it deems necessary.
(P.A. 81-437, S. 1, 12; P.A. 82-472, S. 168, 183; P.A. 84-27, S. 2; P.A. 02-132, S. 11; P.A. 04-234, S. 2, 14; P.A. 05-249, S. 5; P.A. 06-193, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 82-472 made a technical change by eliminating the director of the justice commission from the commission
on prison and jail overcrowding and adding one more government official; P.A. 84-27 deleted the requirement that the
commission meet at least once each month; P.A. 02-132 replaced "the Chief Bail Commissioner" with "the executive
director of the Court Support Services Division" and made technical changes; P.A. 04-234 added the Commissioner of
Mental Health and Addiction Services and the chairperson of the Board of Parole as members of the commission and
authorized the designees of those individuals and of the Commissioner of Correction and the Commissioner of Public
Safety to serve, effective June 8, 2004, and replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 05-249 added the undersecretary of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of
Policy and Management as a member of the commission and replaced provision requiring the Governor to appoint a
chairperson from among the members of the commission with provision requiring said undersecretary to serve as chairperson, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-193 changed name of Commission on Prison and Jail Overcrowding to Criminal Justice
Policy Advisory Commission, added Labor Commissioner and Commissioner of Social Services, or their designees, as
members with respect to matters concerning employment and entitlement programs available to adult and juvenile offenders
reentering the community and added Commissioner of Children and Families and Commissioner of Education, or their
designees, as members with respect to matters concerning juvenile justice, effective July 1, 2006.
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".