- Each judicial district shall create a drug offender treatment board, whose membership is knowledgeable about adult criminal and juvenile justice matters, consisting of:
- The district attorney serving the judicial district or his or her designee;
- The chief public defender serving the judicial district or his or her designee;
- The chair of the local community corrections board or his or her designee;
- A parole officer working in the judicial district chosen by the director of the department of corrections or his or her designee;
- A sheriff that serves the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district;
- A representative of a drug court or similar problem-solving court if such a court exists in the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district;
- A person with expertise in juvenile matters chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district; and
- A probation officer working in the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district.
- The board shall give priority to drug court funding if the jurisdiction operates a drug court and the drug court operates with best evidence-based or promising practices. Each drug offender treatment board shall annually make recommendations to the correctional treatment board for funding local assessed treatment needs.
- Each judicial district’s drug offender treatment board may adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to perform the functions of the board.
- and (5) Repealed.
Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 2688, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 1890, § 58, effective August 5. L. 2009: (5) repealed, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1949, § 33, effective August 5. L. 2012: (1) and (2) amended and (4) repealed, (HB 12-1310), ch. 268, p. 1410, § 36, effective June 7.
Cross references: For the legislative intent contained in the 2003 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 424, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.