§ 8-10-23.1. Statewide juvenile hearing board.
(a) The chief judge of the family court shall appoint a statewide juvenile hearing board
coordinator who is qualified by education, training, previous experience in professional
social welfare, personality, character, and special aptitude for the work, to serve
at the pleasure of the chief judge. The juvenile hearing board coordinator shall provide
education, training, data collection and analysis, coordination, and assistance to
cities and towns in the establishment and maintenance of juvenile hearing boards and
teen courts. Juvenile hearing boards and/or teen courts shall report any data deemed
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§ 8-10-23.1. Statewide juvenile hearing board.
(a) The chief judge of the family court shall appoint a statewide juvenile hearing board
coordinator who is qualified by education, training, previous experience in professional
social welfare, personality, character, and special aptitude for the work, to serve
at the pleasure of the chief judge. The juvenile hearing board coordinator shall provide
education, training, data collection and analysis, coordination, and assistance to
cities and towns in the establishment and maintenance of juvenile hearing boards and
teen courts. Juvenile hearing boards and/or teen courts shall report any data deemed
necessary by the family court to perform the functions of the juvenile hearing board
coordinator. No juvenile hearing board or teen court in the State of Rhode Island
shall hear, or dispose of offenses that constitute felony offenses if committed by
an adult, except by the express written consent of the chief justice of the family
court; nor shall any juvenile hearing board or teen court hear or dispose of any offense
which has been amended from a felony offense to a misdemeanor offense, except by the
express written consent of the chief justice of the family court. Juveniles, wherever
they may live, upon a decision to refer the juvenile to the juvenile hearing board
or teen court, shall be referred to the hearing board or teen court in the city or
town where the offense was committed; provided, however, if the city or town does
not have a hearing board or teen court, the juvenile shall be referred to the hearing
board or teen court where the juvenile resides. The Statewide hearing board coordinator
is responsible for setting up a statewide community service program which may be utilized
by any hearing board or teen court.
(b) The position of statewide juvenile hearing board coordinator is a pilot program which
shall commence on July 1, 1998 and terminate on June 30, 2001, unless extended by
the general assembly.