211.382. As a provider of programs and services to children andfamilies at the local level, the juvenile court system may recruit andretain qualified professionals to provide vital services to children inlocal communities and to the citizens of the state. In order to providethese critical services, an enhanced partnership between the state and thecounties shall be established. This partnership provides greaterassistance to both single and multicounty circuits by the state assumingthe juvenile court employees of the multicounty circuits as state employeeswhile maintaining the current status of juvenile court employees in asingle county circuit in which all juvenile court employees are providedwith retirement and other fringe benefits at the time of this enactment.
(L. 1998 H.B. 971)Effective 7-1-99