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2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 41. Minors
Chapter 5. Youth Court Act
Part 25. Criminally Convicted Youth Act
41-5-2502. Purpose
Universal Citation: MT Code § 41-5-2502 (2019)
41-5-2502. Purpose. The criminally convicted youth act must be interpreted and construed to effectuate the following express legislative purposes:
(1) to protect the public;
(2) to hold youth who commit offenses that may be filed directly in district court pursuant to 41-5-206 accountable for their actions;
(3) to provide for the custody, assessment, care, supervision, treatment, education, rehabilitation, and work and skill development of youth convicted in district court; and
(4) to comply with the legislative purposes set forth in 41-5-102.
History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 532, L. 1999.
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