§ 19-2.5-1513 — Juvenile detention facilities - catchment areas

Colorado § 19-2.5-1513

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 19: Children's
• Art.: The Colorado Juvenile Justice System

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(1) (a) The
executive director of the department of human services and the state court
administrator in the judicial department shall together establish geographical
catchment areas for the juvenile detention facilities operated by or under contract
with the department of human services. To the extent practicable, the detention
catchment areas must be established to ensure that the juvenile is held in a juvenile
detention facility located within the judicial district in which the juvenile's offense is
committed. For judicial districts in which a juvenile detention facility is not located,
the department of human services shall establish the catchment areas based on
considerations of proximity, bed availability, workload, and cost efficiency.

(b) On or before October 1, 1998, and each October 1 thereafter, the working
group established in section 19-2.5-1404 shall submit recommendations to the
executive director of the department of human services and the state court
administrator concerning configuration of the detention catchment areas and the
placement of detained juveniles.

(2) On or before December 1, 1998, the executive director of the department
of human services and the state court administrator shall submit a description of
the detention catchment areas to the joint budget committee and to the judiciary
committees of the senate and house of representatives. The executive director and
the state court administrator shall annually reexamine the detention catchment
areas and submit a description of any changes in the detention catchment area
boundaries to the joint budget committee and to the judiciary committees of the
senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, by December 1.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 696, � 2, effective October 1.