2006 Code of Virginia § 9.1-178 - Community criminal justice boards

9.1-178. Community criminal justice boards.

A. Each county or city or combination thereof developing and establishing alocal pretrial services or a community-based probation program pursuant tothis article shall establish a community criminal justice board. Each countyand city participating in a local pretrial services or a community-basedprobation program shall be represented on the community criminal justiceboard. In the event that one county or city appropriates funds to the programas part of a multijurisdictional effort, any other participating county orcity shall be considered to be participating in a program if such localityappropriates funds to the program. Appointments to the board shall be made byeach local governing body. In cases of multijurisdictional participation,unless otherwise agreed upon, each participating city or county shall have anequal number of appointments. Boards shall be composed of the number ofmembers established by a resolution or ordinance of each participatingjurisdiction.

B. Each board shall include, at a minimum, the following members: a personappointed by each governing body to represent the governing body; a judge ofthe general district court; a circuit court judge; a juvenile and domesticrelations district court judge; a chief magistrate; one chief of police orthe sheriff in a jurisdiction not served by a police department to representlaw enforcement; an attorney for the Commonwealth; a public defender or anattorney who is experienced in the defense of criminal matters; a sheriff orthe regional jail administrator responsible for jails serving thosejurisdictions involved in the local pretrial services and community-basedprobation program; a local educator; and a community services boardadministrator. Any officer of the court appointed to a community criminaljustice board pursuant to this subsection may designate a member of his staffapproved by the governing body to represent him at meetings of the board.

(Code 1950, 53-128.19; 1980, c. 300; 1982, c. 636, 53.1-183; 1983, c.344; 1988, c. 557; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574, 768;1996, c. 342; 1997, c. 339; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 593; 2001, c. 844; 2002,c. 491; 2004, c. 395.)