COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 341
(By Senators Kessler and White)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported February 25, 2009.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §49-7-32 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to transferring the authority to
administer the juvenile justice database from the Department
of Military Affairs and Public Safety to the West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §49-7-32 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
§49-7-32. Juvenile justice database.
The
criminal justice and highway safety division of the
Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals is responsible for collecting, compiling
and disseminating information in the juvenile justice database.
theretofore maintained by the facilities review panel of the
juvenile justice committee. Accordingly, and notwithstanding Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary,
the
division shall be granted court shall grant the Division of
Criminal Justice Services access to confidential juvenile records
for the limited purpose of
the collection and analysis of
statistical data: continuing maintenance of the juvenile justice
database Provided, That the division shall keep
such the records
confidential and not publish any information that would identify
any individual juvenile.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer the authority
to administer the juvenile justice database from the Department of
Military Affairs and Public Safety to the West Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)