Idaho § 20-533A COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW — EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AUTHORIZED — CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS

Idaho Statutes

§ 20-533A — COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAW — EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AUTHORIZED — CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS

Idaho § 20-533A

Title 20STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

Ch. 5JUVENILE CORRECTIONS ACT

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Idaho Code § 20-533A (2026).

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(1)All meetings of the custody review board of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections shall be held in accordance with the open meetings law as provided in chapter 2, title 74, Idaho Code, provided however:

(a)Deliberations and decisions of the board concerning whether or not a juvenile offender shall be held in custody of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections for an extended period of time past his or her nineteenth birthday may be made in executive session; and

(b)Votes of individual members in custody decisions shall not be made public, provided that the board shall maintain a record of the votes of the individual members as required in subsection (2) of this section.

(2)A written record of the vote to retain the juvenile offender in custody for an extended period of ti

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(1) All meetings of the custody review board of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections shall be held in accordance with the open meetings law as provided in chapter 2, title 74, Idaho Code, provided however:
(a) Deliberations and decisions of the board concerning whether or not a juvenile offender shall be held in custody of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections for an extended period of time past his or her nineteenth birthday may be made in executive session; and
(b) Votes of individual members in custody decisions shall not be made public, provided that the board shall maintain a record of the votes of the individual members as required in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A written record of the vote to retain the juvenile offender in custody for an extended period of time by each board member in each case reviewed by that member shall be produced by the board. Such record shall be kept confidential and privileged from disclosure, provided the record shall be made available upon request to the governor, the chairman of the senate judiciary and rules committee and the chairman of the house of representatives judiciary, rules and administration committee for all lawful purposes.
(3) A board member or employee of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections who distributes to any person not specifically listed in this section any hearing information or records that are legally required to be kept confidential shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(4) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from obtaining the results of any action by the board or director of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections without reference to the manner in which any member voted, and the board shall make such information public unless doing so would violate public records laws.
(5) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the director, designated staff of the director, the governor, the chairman of the senate judiciary and rules committee or the chairman of the house of representatives judiciary, rules and administration committee from attending any meeting, including any executive session, of the custody review board.

Legislative History

[20-533A, added 2003, ch. 164, sec. 2, p. 465; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec. 30, p. 63; am. 2017, ch. 58, sec. 10, p. 106; am. 2017, ch. 87, sec. 1, p. 234.]