196.725 Community corrections boards -- Membership -- Meetings -- Duties. - Kentucky Statutes

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196.725 Community corrections boards -- Membership -- Meetings -- Duties. Each community corrections program shall establish a community corrections board to
provide direction and assistance to the community corrections program in the design,
implementation and evaluation of the community corrections program plan. Community
corrections boards shall be organized as nonprofit corporations under KRS Chapter 273.
The community corrections board shall consist of not less than eight (8) members, and
shall include, insofar as possible, judges, Commonwealth's attorneys, defense attorneys,
crime victims or survivors, community leaders, social workers, law-enforcement officers,
probation officers, and other interested persons. Members of the board shall receive no
compensation for their duties as board members. The board shall be subject to the open
meetings law and the open records law as provided for in KRS Chapter 61. The
community corrections board shall meet on a regular basis, and its duties shall include,
but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Development and recommendation of an annual budget for the community corrections program; (2) Selection of new or additional board members;
(3) Arranging for a private and independent annual audit; and
(4) Development of procedures for contracting for services. Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 6, effective July 14, 1992.