§ 24-4.1-117.3 — Crime victim services advisory board - creation - duties

Colorado § 24-4.1-117.3

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Crime Victim Compensation and

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(1)
There is created in the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety
the crime victim services advisory board, referred to in this section as the advisory
board. The advisory board is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and
exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the division of
criminal justice in the department of public safety and the executive director of the
department of public safety, referred to in this section as the executive director.

(2) (a) The advisory board consists of at least seventeen members appointed
by the executive director, including but not limited to:

(I) A judge;

(II) An elected district attorney, the assistant district attorney, or a chief
deputy district attorney;

(III) A member of a crime victim compensation board created in section 24-4.1-103;

(IV) A member of a local victims and witnesses assistance and law
enforcement board created in section 24-4.2-101;

(V) An administrator of crime victim compensation from a district attorney's
office;

(VI) An administrator of victims and witnesses assistance from a district
attorney's office;

(VII) A representative of a statewide victims' organization;

(VIII) A court executive or judicial district representative;

(IX) A representative of a domestic violence program;

(X) A representative of a sexual assault program;

(XI) A sheriff or sheriff's representative;

(XII) A police chief or police representative;

(XIII) A deputy district attorney;

(XIV) A victim of a crime of violence; and

(XV) Three members of the community at large.

(b) The executive director may consider geographic diversity when making
appointments to the advisory board.

(c) The term of office for each member of the advisory board is three years. A
member shall not serve more than three consecutive three-year terms. A member
of the advisory board on May 19, 2022, who has served more than three consecutive
terms may serve the remainder of the member's current term, but shall not serve a
consecutive subsequent term.

(d) Members of the advisory board shall serve at the pleasure of the
executive director or until the member no longer serves in the position for which he
or she was appointed to the advisory board, at which time a vacancy shall be
deemed to exist on the advisory board. If a vacancy arises on the advisory board,
the executive director shall appoint an appropriate person to serve for the
remainder of the unexpired term.

(e) The executive director may reappoint a person to serve subsequent terms
on the advisory board, but the executive director shall not appoint a person to serve
more than three consecutive terms. The executive director shall annually appoint a
chairperson of the advisory board who shall preside over the advisory board's
meetings.

(f) Members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation but may
be reimbursed for actual travel expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties.

(3) The advisory board's powers and duties include, but are not limited to, the
following:

(a) To develop and revise, when necessary, standards for the administration
of the crime victim compensation fund established in section 24-4.1-117 in each
judicial district and the victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement fund
established in section 24-4.2-103 in each judicial district, and to develop, revise
when necessary, and impose sanctions for violating these standards;

(a.5) Repealed.

(b) To review, pursuant to section 24-4.1-303 (17), any reports of
noncompliance with this article;

(c) To distribute profits from crime pursuant to section 24-4.1-201;

(d) To advise and make recommendations to the division of criminal justice in
the department of public safety concerning the award of grants pursuant to
sections 24-33.5-506 and 24-33.5-507; and

(e) To establish subcommittees of the advisory board from within the
membership of the advisory board, which subcommittees shall include, but need not
be limited to:

(I) A standards subcommittee that shall make recommendations to the
advisory board concerning the development and revision, when necessary, of
standards and sanctions for the violation of standards to assist the advisory board
in implementing paragraph (a) of this subsection (3); and

(II) A victim rights subcommittee that shall review, pursuant to section 24-4.1-303 (17), any reports of noncompliance with this article to assist the advisory
board in implementing paragraph (b) of this subsection (3);

(f) To review any reports of noncompliance with section 13-10-104.5.

(4) The advisory board shall not release to the public any records submitted
to or generated by the advisory board or a subcommittee of the advisory board for
the purposes of the advisory board's or the subcommittee's review, pursuant to
paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section, of a report of noncompliance with
this article until the report of noncompliance has been reviewed and resolved by the
advisory board. The advisory board shall redact all victim-identifying information
from any document released to the public.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-047), ch. 129, p. 553, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2022: (2)(c) and (2)(e) amended, (SB22-183), ch.194, p. 1304, � 9, effective May 19; (1) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3426, � 208, effective August 10. L. 2023: IP(3) amended and (3)(f) added, (HB 23-1222), ch. 267, p. 1587, � 3, effective January 1, 2024. L. 2024: (3)(a.5) added, (HB 24-1013), ch. 43, p. 154, � 4, effective April 4; IP(2)(a) and (2)(a)(VIII) amended, (SB 24-120), ch. 177, p. 965, � 14, effective May 15.