§62-11C-2 Community corrections subcommittee.
§62-11C-2. Community corrections subcommittee.
(a) A community corrections subcommittee of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction is hereby created and assigned responsibility for screening community corrections programs submitted by community criminal justice boards or from other entities authorized by the provisions of this article to do so for approval for funding by the Governor's Committee and for making recommendations as to the disbursement of funds for approved community corrections programs. The subcommittee is to be comprised of fifteen members of the Governor's Committee including: A representative of the Division of Corrections, a representative of the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, a person representing the interests of victims of crime, an attorney employed by a public defender corporation, an attorney who practices criminal law, a prosecutor and a representative of the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. At the discretion of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the Administrator of the Supreme Court of Appeals, a probation officer and a circuit judge may serve on the subcommittee as ex officio, nonvoting members.
(b) The subcommittee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson. The subcommittee shall meet quarterly. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson, vice chairperson or a majority of the members of the subcommittee. A majority of the members of the subcommittee constitute a quorum.