§ 12-29-5.1 - Oversight committee created – Composition. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-29-5.1

   § 12-29-5.1  Oversight committee created– Composition. – (a) There is created a batterers intervention standards oversight committee,referred to in this chapter as the committee pursuant to the provisions of§ 12-29-5.

   (b) The committee shall meet no fewer than four (4) times peryear at the call of the chairperson or upon petition of a majority of committeemembers.

   (c) The committee shall consist of thirteen (13) members tobe appointed as follows: The director of the department of corrections or hisor her designee who shall serve as chairperson of the committee; the directorof the Rhode Island justice commission or his or her designee; the executivedirector of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence or his or herdesignee; a representative from the law enforcement community appointed by thechairperson of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association; the attorney generalor his or her designee; the director of Justice Assistance or his or herdesignee; a qualified elector of this state appointed by the governor; thedirector of the domestic violence training and monitoring unit or his or herdesignee; the chief justice of the supreme court or his or her designee; thedirector of the department of health or his or her designee; a representativeof a batterers intervention program appointed by the director of the RhodeIsland Coalition Against Domestic Violence; the chief judge of the districtcourt or his or her designee; and the director of the Urban League of RhodeIsland or his or her designee.

   (d) Each member of the committee may appoint a permanentdesignee to attend committee meetings in his or her absence. A quorum of thecommittee shall consist of a majority of its members.