Section 1190.26 - Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Committee(a) Establishment. --There is hereby established the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee within the commission. The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include representation of units of local government, law enforcement and juvenile justice agency probation personnel, juvenile court judges, the Executive Director of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission, public and private agencies and organizations concerned with delinquency prevention or treatment and services to delinquency prevention or treatment and services to dependent children, community-based prevention in-treatment programs, organizations concerned with the quality of juvenile justice or that utilize volunteers to work with delinquent or dependent children, businesses employing youth, youth workers involved with alternative youth programs, persons with special experience and competence in addressing the problem of school violence and vandalism and the problem of learning disabilities and representatives of public agencies concerned with special education. Members shall serve for a four-year term, and may be appointed for no more than one additional consecutive term.(a.1)Composition.--The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include : (1)The Executive Director of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.(2) Representatives of units of local government, law enforcement and juvenile justice agency probation personnel, juvenile court judges, public and private agencies and organizations concerned with delinquency prevention or treatment and services to delinquency prevention or treatment and services to dependent children, community-based prevention in-treatment programs, organizations concerned with the quality of juvenile justice or that utilize volunteers to work with delinquent or dependent children, businesses employing youth, youth workers involved with alternative youth programs, persons with special experience and competence in addressing the problem of school violence and vandalism and the problem of learning disabilities and representatives of public agencies concerned with special education.(a.2)Term.--Members shall serve for a four-year term, and may be appointed for no more than one additional consecutive term.(b) Number and qualifications.--The committee shall consist of no less than 15 members or more than 33 members, all of whom shall have had training or experience in juvenile justice. A majority of the members shall not be full-time employees of the Federal, State or local governments. At least one-fifth of the membership shall be under the age of 24 at the time of appointment. At least three of those members of the committee under 24 years of age at the time of appointment shall have been or are currently under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system.(c) Conditions of appointment.--The committee and its members are subject to the same limitations and conditions imposed upon the commission as prescribed in section 2(d), (e), (h), (i), (m) and (n) . (d) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum and a vote of the majority of the members present shall be sufficient for all actions.(e) Chairman.--The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among the members of the committee who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. A vice chairman shall be designated by the chairman and preside at meetings in the absence of the chairman. The committee shall meet at the call of the chairman, but not less than four times a year.(f)Powers and duties.--The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee shall have the power, and its duty shall be:(1)To serve in an advisory capacity to the commission through the committee's participation in the development of that part of the commission's comprehensive plan relating to juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.(2)To perform those functions related to the direct approval and disbursement of financial assistance in an advisory capacity only, but the advisory committee shall have the opportunity to review and comment on such applications within 30 days after receipt of the application from the commission.(3)To advise the commission on the definition, development and correlation of programs and projects and the establishment of priorities for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.(4)To develop standards, methods and procedures for evaluating and monitoring services for delinquent and dependent children.(5)Upon request, to provide assistance and advice to the commission on any other matters relating to juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.(6)To submit to the Governor and the General Assembly such reports as may be required by Federal law.(7)To advise the commission in defining and collaborating with all State agencies on planning and programming related to juvenile delinquency prevention and the reduction and prevention of violence by and against children.(8)To advise and assist the commission in designing and promoting comprehensive research-based initiatives to assist communities and community-based organizations in reducing risk to and promoting the positive development of children and in preventing juvenile delinquency and youth violence.(g) Staff support.--Staff support shall be made available to the committee by the executive director in order to adequately perform the duties provided for under this section.Amended by P.L. 1607 2012 No. 196, § 4, eff. 12/24/2012.1978, Nov. 22, P.L. 1166, No. 274, §6, effective Dec. 31, 1978. Amended 1981 , Dec. 17, P.L. 429, No. 134, § 3, imd. effective; 2001, June 22, P.L. 396, No. 30, § 3, effective in 60 days.