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10-3-2901. Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.
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10-3-2901. Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.
(a) There is created a Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.
(b) The committee shall consist of the following members:
(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice's designee who shall serve as Chair of the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee;
(2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or the director's designee;
(3) Three (3) circuit court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;
(4) Three (3) district court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas District Judges Council, Inc.;
(5) One (1) circuit court judge who presides over a juvenile drug court program to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;
(6) The Director of the Department of Community Correction or the director's designee;
(7) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the secretary's designee;
(8) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or the director's designee;
(9) A prosecutor appointed by the Prosecutor Coordinator;
(10) A public defender appointed by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission;
(11) A member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(12) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(13) The Arkansas Drug Director or the director's designee.
(c) The chair or the chair's designee shall promptly call the first meeting within thirty (30) days after April 1, 2015.
(d)(1) The committee sha
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-2901
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10-3-2901. Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.
(a) There is created a Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee.
(b) The committee shall consist of the following members:
(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice's designee who shall serve as Chair of the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee;
(2) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts or the director's designee;
(3) Three (3) circuit court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;
(4) Three (3) district court judges who preside over a specialty court program as defined under § 16-10-139(a) to be appointed by the Arkansas District Judges Council, Inc.;
(5) One (1) circuit court judge who presides over a juvenile drug court program to be appointed by the Arkansas Judicial Council, Inc.;
(6) The Director of the Department of Community Correction or the director's designee;
(7) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the secretary's designee;
(8) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or the director's designee;
(9) A prosecutor appointed by the Prosecutor Coordinator;
(10) A public defender appointed by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission;
(11) A member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(12) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(13) The Arkansas Drug Director or the director's designee.
(c) The chair or the chair's designee shall promptly call the first meeting within thirty (30) days after April 1, 2015.
(d)(1) The committee shall conduct its meetings at the State Capitol Building or at any place designated by the chair or the chair's designee.
(2) Meetings shall be held at least one (1) time every three (3) months but may occur more often at the call of the chair.
(e) If any vacancy occurs on the committee, the vacancy shall be filled by the same process as the original appointment.
(f) The committee shall establish rules and procedures for conducting its business.
(g) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.
(h) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting any business of the committee.
(i) The committee is established to:
(1) Promote collaboration and provide recommendations on issues involving adult and juvenile specialty courts; and
(2) Design and complete the comprehensive evaluation of adult and juvenile specialty court programs as required by § 16-10-139.
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16-10-139. Specialty court program evaluation and approval — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means one of the following:
(1) A pre-adjudication program under § 5-4-901 et seq.;
(2) An approved drug court program under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;
(3) The Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program under § 16-93-1701 et seq.; and
(4) Any other specialty court program that has been approved by the Supreme Court, including without limitation specialty court programs known as:
(A) A DWI court;
(B) A mental health court;
(C) A veteran's court;
(D) A juvenile drug court;
(E) A “HOPE” court;
(F) A “smarter sentencing” court; and
(G) A mental health crisis intervention center.
(b) A specialty court program operated by a circuit court or district court must be approved by the Supreme Court in the administrative plan submitted under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.
(c)(1) The Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee shall evaluate and make findings with respect to all specialty court programs operated by a circuit court or district court in this state and refer the findings to the Supreme Court.
(2) An evaluation under this section shall reflect nationally recognized and peer-reviewed standards for each particular type of specialty court program.
(3) The Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee shall also:
(A) Establish, implement, and operate a uniform specialty court program evaluation process to ensure specialty court program resources are uniformly directed to high-risk and medium-risk offenders and that specialty court programs provide effective and proven practices that reduce recidivism, as well as other factors such as substance dependency, among partici
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-139
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-10-139. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.