H.B. 145

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STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES' CRIME
2 REDUCTION PLANS
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: John E. Swallow
6 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND STATE AFFAIRS; REQUIRING STATE
7 AND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES TO CREATE PLANS FOR THE REDUCTION
8 OF CRIME; PROVIDING STRATEGIC PLANNING CONFERENCES TO AID LOCAL
9 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES WITH THIS PLANNING; PROVIDING INCENTIVE
10 FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THE PLANS; AND APPROPRIATING $300,000 FOR FISCAL
11 YEAR 1999-2000 TO THE COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE TO
12 FUND THESE ACTIVITIES.
13 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
14 AMENDS:
15 63-25a-103, as last amended by Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1998
16 ENACTS:
17 63-25a-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
18 63-25a-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
19 63-25a-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
20 63-25a-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
21 63-25a-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953
22 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 Section 1. Section 63-25a-103 is amended to read:
24 63-25a-103. Executive director -- Qualifications -- Compensation -- Appointment --
25 Functions.
26 (1) The governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a person
27 experienced in the field of criminal justice and in administration as the executive director of the

28 Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. The governor shall establish the executive
29 director's salary within the salary range fixed by the Legislature in Title 67, Chapter 22, State
30 Officer Compensation.
31 (2) (a) The executive director, under the direction of the commission, shall administer the
32 duties of the commission, including those outlined in Sections 63-25a-503 and 63-25a-504 , and
33 act as the governor's advisor on state, regional, metropolitan, and local government planning as it
34 relates to criminal justice.
35 (b) This chapter does not derogate the planning authority conferred on state, regional,
36 metropolitan, and local governments by existing law.
37 Section 2. Section 63-25a-501 is enacted to read:
38 Part 5. State and Local Agencies' Crime Reduction Plans
39 63-25a-501. Definitions.
40 As used in this part:
41 (1) "Commission" means the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
42 (2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Commission on Criminal and
43 Juvenile Justice.
44 (3) "Local criminal justice agency" means each sheriff's and police chief's law enforcement
45 agency.
46 (4) "State criminal justice agency" means the Department of Public Safety, Department
47 of Corrections, the Division of Youth Corrections, and the Department of Human Services.
48 Section 3. Section 63-25a-502 is enacted to read:
49 63-25a-502. State criminal justice agencies -- Reporting Requirements.
50 A state criminal justice agency shall submit a crime reduction plan each year on or before
51 September 1 to the executive director. The plan shall contain information about how the agency
52 plans to reduce crime victimization in its jurisdiction by 10% each year and 50% over the next five
53 years.
54 Section 4. Section 63-25a-503 is enacted to read:
55 63-25a-503. Notification of requirements and grant funds.
56 (1) The executive director shall send a letter on or before July 1, 1999, notifying:
57 (a) the director of each state criminal justice agency of the statutory requirement to create
58 a crime reduction plan each year; and

59 (b) the chief law enforcement official of each local criminal justice agency of the
60 availability of and requirements to apply for grant money to implement a crime reduction plan.
61 (2) The executive director may offer assistance to a state or local criminal justice agency
62 in creating and formatting a crime reduction plan.
63 Section 5. Section 63-25a-504 is enacted to read:
64 63-25a-504. Strategic planning conferences for crime reduction.
65 (1) (a) The Utah Law Enforcement Strategic Planning Committee shall sponsor two
66 one-day strategic planning conferences regarding reducing crime victimization.
67 (b) The first conference shall be held before September 1, 1999, and the second conference
68 shall be held within six months after the first conference.
69 (2) The sponsors of the conference:
70 (a) shall provide three meals during each conference;
71 (b) may not require any fee of representatives of local criminal justice agencies, or
72 representatives of a local political subdivision within which a local criminal justice agency is
73 located, to attend either conference; and
74 (c) may not reimburse any participant for travel, lodging, or meals.
75 Section 6. Section 63-25a-505 is enacted to read:
76 63-25a-505. Application for grant funds -- Balance nonlapsing.
77 A local criminal justice agency may apply for a one-time $1,000 grant from the commission
78 to implement its plan after:
79 (1) a local government representative and local criminal justice agency representative
80 official from the jurisdiction of the local criminal justice agency have both attended two strategic
81 planning conferences under Section 63-25a-504 ; and
82 (2) submitting to the commission a plan to reduce crime victimization in its jurisdiction
83 by 10% each year and 50% over the next five years.
84 Section 7. Appropriation.
85 (1) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated
86 for fiscal year 1999-2000 from the General Fund to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile
87 Justice:
88 (a) $250,000 to be used as grant money for local criminal justice agencies to create a crime
89 reduction plan; and

90 (b) $50,000 to cover the costs of the two conferences to be sponsored by the Utah Law
91 Enforcement Strategic Planning Committee under Section 63-25a-504 .
92 (2) Any unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year is nonlapsing.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-2-99 11:27 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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