38-2376. Same; discharge from commitment; notification. - Kansas Statutes

38-2376

Chapter 38.--MINORS Article 23.--REVISED KANSAS JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE

      38-2376.   Same; discharge from commitment;notification.(a) When a juvenile offender has reached the age of 23 years, has beenconvicted as an adult while serving a term of incarceration at a juvenilecorrectional facility, or has completedthe prescribed terms of incarceration at a juvenile correctional facility,together with any conditionalrelease following the program, the juvenile shall be discharged by thecommissioner from any furtherobligation under the commitment unless the juvenile was sentenced pursuant toan extendedjurisdiction juvenile prosecution upon court order and the commissionertransfers the juvenile to thecustody of the secretary of corrections. The discharge shall operate as a fulland complete releasefrom any obligations imposed on the juvenile offender arising from the offensefor which thejuvenile offender was committed.

      (b)   At least 45 days prior to the discharge of the juvenile offender, thejuvenile justiceauthority shall notify the court and the county or district attorney of thecounty where the offenderwas adjudicated a juvenile offender of the pending discharge of such juvenileoffender, the offensewould have constituted a class A, B or C felony before July 1, 1993, or anoff-grid crime, a nondrugcrime ranked at severity level 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 or a drug crime ranked atseverity level 1, 2 or 3, on orafter July 1, 1993, if committed by an adult. The county or district attorneyshall give written noticeat least 30 days prior to the discharge of the juvenile offender pursuant toK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2379, and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 2006, ch. 169, § 76;L. 2007, ch. 198, § 8; May 24.