H.B. 145 Enrolled

STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES' CRIME REDUCTION PLANS
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: John E. Swallow
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND STATE AFFAIRS; PROVIDING
STRATEGIC PLANNING CONFERENCES TO AID STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AGENCIES WITH CRIME REDUCTION PLANNING; PROVIDING INCENTIVE
FUNDING TO CREATE OR IMPLEMENT THE PLANS; AND APPROPRIATING $150,000
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 TO THE COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE
JUSTICE TO FUND THESE ACTIVITIES.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
63-25a-104, as last amended by Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1998
ENACTS:
63-25a-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63-25a-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63-25a-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 63-25a-104 is amended to read:
63-25a-104. Duties of commission.
The state commission on criminal and juvenile justice administration shall:
(1) promote the communication and coordination of all criminal and juvenile justice
agencies, including coordination by those agencies in their implementation and operation of
programs and other efforts to reduce crime;
(2) promote the commission's purposes as enumerated in Section 63-25a-101 ;
(3) study, evaluate, and report on the status of crime in the state and on the effectiveness
of criminal justice policies, procedures, and programs that are directed toward the reduction of
crime in the state;
(4) study, evaluate, and report on policies, procedures, and programs of other jurisdictions

which have effectively reduced crime rates and victimization;
(5) identify and promote the implementation of specific policies and programs the
commission determines will significantly reduce crime and victimization in Utah;
(6) publish the recommendations made under Section 63-25a-104.5 ;
(7) provide analysis and recommendations on all criminal and juvenile justice legislation,
state budget, and facility requests, including program and fiscal impact on all components of the
criminal and juvenile justice system;
(8) provide analysis, accountability, recommendations, and supervision for federal criminal
justice grant monies;
(9) provide public information on the criminal and juvenile justice system and give technical
assistance to agencies or local units of government on methods to promote public awareness;
(10) promote research and program evaluation as an integral part of the criminal and juvenile
justice system;
(11) provide a comprehensive criminal justice plan annually, that includes a strategic plan
for the efficient management of information resources;
(12) review agency forecasts regarding future demands on the criminal and juvenile justice
systems, including specific projections for secure bed space; [and]
(13) promote the development of criminal and juvenile justice information systems that are
consistent with common standards for data storage and are capable of appropriately sharing
information with other criminal justice information systems by:
(a) developing and maintaining common data standards for use by all state criminal justice
agencies;
(b) annually performing audits of criminal history record information maintained by state
criminal justice agencies to assess their accuracy, completeness, and adherence to standards;
(c) defining and developing state and local programs and projects associated with the
improvement of information management for law enforcement and the administration of justice; and
(d) establishing general policies concerning criminal justice information systems and making
rules as necessary to carry out the duties under this Subsection (13) and Subsection (11)[.]; and

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(14) administer the Crime Reduction Planning Grant Program outlined in Title 63, Chapter
25a, Part 5, State and Local Agencies' Crime Reduction Planning Grant, which may include
conferences regarding crime reduction.
Section 2. Section 63-25a-501 is enacted to read:
Part 5. State and Local Agencies' Crime Reduction Planning Grant
63-25a-501. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Commission" means the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Commission on Criminal and
Juvenile Justice.
(3) "Local criminal justice agency" means each county and municipal law enforcement
agency.
(4) "State criminal justice agency" means the Department of Public Safety, Department of
Corrections, the Division of Youth Corrections, and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Section 3. Section 63-25a-502 is enacted to read:
63-25a-502. Notification of grant funds.
The executive director shall send a letter on or before July 1, 1999, notifying the director of
each state criminal justice agency and the chief law enforcement official of each local criminal
justice agency of:
(1) the availability of and requirements for obtaining grant money to be used for crime
reduction programs; and
(2) the one or more crime reduction conferences to be sponsored by the commission.
Section 4. Section 63-25a-503 is enacted to read:
63-25a-503. Application for grant funds -- Balance nonlapsing.
(1) A state or local criminal justice agency may apply for a one-time grant from the
commission to be used to create or implement a crime reduction plan.
(2) The plan shall:
(a) establish goals to reduce crime in its jurisdiction by specified percentages during the year

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following the creation of the plan and during the following five years;
(b) describe programs and strategies the agency will implement in order to reduce crime in
its jurisdiction.
(3) Any unexpended balance of money appropriated to the commission for this grant
program is nonlapsing.
(4) The commission shall review the reports and describe grant participation in its annual
report.
Section 5. Appropriation.
(1) There is appropriated for fiscal year 1999-2000 from the General Fund to the
Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice $150,000, to be used for one or more crime reduction
conferences and planning grant money.
(2) This appropriation is nonlapsing.

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