211.500. Establishment of regional juvenile detention districts, when. - Missouri Statutes

Establishment of regional juvenile detention districts, when.

211.500. 1. Any two or more counties within the state may form anagreement to establish a regional juvenile detention district. Thedistrict shall have a boundary which includes the areas within each membercounty, and it shall be named the "............... Regional JuvenileDetention District".

2. The county commission of each county desiring to join the districtshall approve an ordinance or resolution to join the district and shallapprove the agreement which specifies the duties of each county within thedistrict.

3. If any county wishes to join a district which has already beenestablished pursuant to this section, the agreement shall be rewritten andreapproved by each member county.

4. The agreement which specifies the duties of each county shallcontain the following:

(1) The name of the district;

(2) The names of the counties within the district;

(3) The formula for calculating each county's contribution to thecosts of the district;

(4) The types of juveniles which the regional juvenile detentioncenter may house, limited to juveniles which may be transferred to countiespursuant to state law;

(5) The methods which may be used for constructing or leasing aregional juvenile detention center;

(6) The duties of the director of the regional juvenile detentioncenter; and

(7) The timing and procedures for approval of the regional juveniledetention center district's annual budget by the regional juveniledetention center commission.

5. Any county, city, town or village may contract with a regionaljuvenile detention center commission for the holding of its juvenileoffenders.

(L. 1998 H.B. 971 § 1)

Effective 7-1-99