Prosecuting Children as Adults; Prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; deleting provisions requiring a state attorney to request a court to transfer and certify a child for prosecution as an adult or to provide written reasons to the court for not making such request, or to proceed under specified provision; requiring that the child or the child’s parent or guardian receive a due process evidentiary hearing; requiring the judge to conduct the hearing within a certain timeframe, etc.
Sponsored bills
Public Meetings/Commission on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; Providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of meetings of the Commission on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities at which exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Wireless Provider Automatic Location Identification Services; Requiring a wireless services provider to provide automatic location identification of an account holder’s wireless telephone in certain circumstances; requiring automatic location identification services to be provided through an emergency number created by the wireless services provider; authorizing certain persons to contact a wireless services provider and request a block for a specified timeframe on an account holder’s ability to access automatic location identification services or information, etc.
Commission on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; Citing this act as the "Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities Act"; creating the Commission on Public Safety in Urban and Inner-City Communities; specifying duties; providing for powers; authorizing the commission to seek assistance from state agencies and to access certain exempt or confidential and exempt information or records, etc. APPROPRIATION: $600,000
Citizens Collaborative Council; Creating the advisory council adjunct to the Department of Corrections; providing for initial appointments to the advisory board by a specified date; providing duties and responsibilities of the council; specifying the council’s purpose, etc.
Pretrial Detention; Revising the definition of the term “dangerous crime” to include extortion and written threats to kill, etc.
Treatment of Inmates; Specifying certain rights of inmates in the correctional system; requiring that a written copy of the rights be provided to each inmate; authorizing inmates to file grievances with the Department of Corrections if certain rights are denied them, etc.
First-time Offender Plea Deal Pilot Program; Creating a first-time offender plea deal pilot program; providing eligibility requirements for the program; allowing eligible offenders to be resentenced in accordance with a previously declined plea agreement; specifying duties of the Department of Corrections; providing for expiration of the program, etc.
Veterans’ Preference in Promotion; Requiring the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in promotion in positions of employment to certain veterans or their relatives; requiring the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to adopt certain rules to ensure veterans are given special consideration in the promotion process; requiring a numerically based selection process to be used to determine qualifications for promotion; providing for an investigation and administrative hearing of a complaint regarding not being awarded a promotion according to veterans’ promotion preference, etc.
Building Permits; Exempting certain local governments from provisions relating to prohibiting or restricting private property owners from obtaining certain building permits, etc.