Role of the advisory board

The advisory board shall: (1) Meet at such times and places as it shall determine necessary or convenient to perform its duties. The advisory board shall also meet on the call of the chairperson, the director of the council, the chairperson of the council, or the Governor; (2) Maintain minutes of its meetings; (3) Participate in the development and review of this state’s juvenile justice plan prior to submission to the council for final action; (4) Be afforded the opportunity to review and comment, not later than 30 days after their submission to the advisory board, on all 202 35-6A-13 juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grant applications submitted to the council; (5) Using the combined expertise and experience of its members, provide regular advice and counsel to the director of the council to enable the council to carry out its statutory duties under this article; and (6) Carry out such duties that may be required by federal law or regulation so as to enable this state to receive and disburse federal funds for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment. History. — Code 1981, § 35-6A-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 890, § 2/HB 263. 35-6A-13. Criminal Case Data Exchange Board; membership; operation. (a) There is established the Criminal Case Data Exchange Board to the council which shall consist of 15 members as follows: (1) The director of the council, the director of the Georgia Crime Information Center, the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the director of the Georgia Public Defender Council, the commissioner of administrative services, the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of community supervision, the executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority, the executive counsel of the Governor, and a representative of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of the State of Georgia, provided that any such member may allow a designee to represent him or her at a board meeting and vote in his or her stead; and (2) Four members, one of whom is a superior court judge, one of whom is a clerk of a superior court, one of whom is a sheriff, and one of whom is a county commissioner, shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years; their initial appointments, however, shall be one for a four-year term, one for a three-year term, one for a two-year term, and one for a one-year term. No individual shall serve beyond the time he or she holds the office by reason of which he or she was initially eligible for appointment. (b) In the event of death, resignation, disqualification, or removal of any member of the board for any reason, vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and successors shall serve for the unexpired term. (c) The initial terms for all members shall begin on July 1, 2018. (d) Membership on the board shall not constitute public office, and no member shall be disqualified from holding public office by reason of his or her membership. 203 35-6A-14 (e) The board shall elect a chairperson from among its membership and may elect such other officers and committees as it considers appropriate. (f ) Members of the board shall serve without compensation, although each member of the board shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties from funds available to the council. Such reimbursement shall be limited to all travel and other expenses necessarily incurred through service on the board, in compliance with this state’s travel rules and regulations; provided, however, that in no case shall a member of the board be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the member’s capacity as the representative of another state agency. History. — Code 1981, § 35-6A-13, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 1-6/SB 407. Effective date. — This Code section became effective July 1, 2018.