Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 497
         
By Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning the joint committee on corrections and juvenile jus-
10             tice oversight; amending K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 46-2801 and repealing the
11             existing section.
12            
13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 46-2801 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 46-2801. (a) There is hereby created the joint committee on cor-
16       rections and juvenile justice oversight which shall be within the legislative
17       branch of state government and which shall be composed of no more
18       than seven members of the senate and seven members of the house of
19       representatives.
20           (b) The senate members shall be appointed by the president and the
21       minority leader. The two major political parties shall have proportional
22       representation on such committee. In the event application of the pre-
23       ceding sentence results in a fraction, the party having a fraction exceeding
24       .5 shall receive representation as though such fraction were a whole num-
25       ber.
26           (c) The seven representative members shall be appointed as follows:
27      
28           (1) Two members shall be members of the majority party who are
29       members of the house committee on appropriations and shall be ap-
30       pointed by the speaker;
31           (2) two members shall be members of the minority party who are
32       members of the house committee on appropriations and shall be ap-
33       pointed by the minority leader;
34           (3) two members shall be members of the majority party who are
35       members of the house committee on judiciary and shall be appointed by
36       the speaker; and
37           (4) one member shall be a member of the minority party who is a
38       member of the house committee on judiciary and shall be appointed by
39       the minority leader.
40           (d) Any vacancy in the membership of the joint committee on cor-
41       rections and juvenile justice oversight shall be filled by appointment in
42       the manner prescribed by this section for the original appointment.
43           (e) All members of the joint committee on corrections and juvenile

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  1       justice oversight shall serve for terms ending on the first day of the regular
  2       legislative session in odd-numbered years. The joint committee shall or-
  3       ganize annually and elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson in accord-
  4       ance with this subsection. During calendar years 1997 and 1999, the chair-
  5       person shall be one of the representative members of the joint committee
  6       elected by the members of the joint committee and the vice-chairperson
  7       shall be one of the senate members elected by the members of the joint
  8       committee. During calendar year 1998, the chairperson shall be one of
  9       the senate members of the joint committee elected by the members of
10       the joint committee and the vice-chairperson shall be one of the repre-
11       sentative members of the joint committee elected by the members of the
12       joint committee. The vice-chairperson shall exercise all of the powers of
13       the chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. If a vacancy occurs in
14       the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson, a member of the joint com-
15       mittee, who is a member of the same house as the member who vacated
16       the office, shall be elected by the members of the joint committee to fill
17       such vacancy. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the joint
18       committee shall organize and elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson
19       in accordance with the provisions of this act.
20           (f) A quorum of the joint committee on corrections and juvenile jus-
21       tice oversight shall be eight. All actions of the joint committee shall be
22       by motion adopted by a majority of those present when there is a quorum.
23           (g) The joint committee on corrections and juvenile justice oversight
24       may meet at any time and at any place within the state on the call of the
25       chairperson, vice-chairperson and ranking minority member of the house
26       of representatives when the chairperson is a representative or of the sen-
27       ate when the chairperson is a senator.
28           (h) The provisions of the acts contained in article 12 of chapter 46 of
29       the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, applicable to
30       special committees shall apply to the joint committee on corrections and
31       juvenile justice oversight to the extent that the same do not conflict with
32       the specific provisions of this act applicable to the joint committee.
33           (i) In accordance with K.S.A. 46-1204 and amendments thereto, the
34       legislative coordinating council may provide for such professional services
35       as may be requested by the joint committee on corrections and juvenile
36       justice oversight.
37           (j) The joint committee on corrections and juvenile justice oversight
38       may introduce such legislation as it deems necessary in performing its
39       functions.
40           (k) In addition to other powers and duties authorized or prescribed
41       by law or by the legislative coordinating council, the joint committee on
42       corrections and juvenile justice oversight shall:
43           (1) Monitor the inmate population and review and study the pro-

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  1       grams, activities and plans of the department of corrections regarding the
  2       duties of the department of corrections that are prescribed by statute,
  3       including the implementation of expansion projects, the operation of cor-
  4       rectional, food service and other programs for inmates, community cor-
  5       rections, parole and the condition and operation of the correctional in-
  6       stitutions and other facilities under the control and supervision of the
  7       department of corrections;
  8           (2) monitor the establishment of the juvenile justice authority and
  9       review and study the programs, activities and plans of the juvenile justice
10       authority regarding the duties of the juvenile justice authority that are
11       prescribed by statute, including the responsibility for the care, custody,
12       control and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders and the condition and
13       operation of the state juvenile correctional facilities under the control and
14       supervision of the juvenile justice authority;
15           (3) review and study the adult correctional programs and activities
16       and facilities of counties, cities and other local governmental entities,
17       including the programs and activities of private entities operating com-
18       munity correctional programs and facilities and the condition and oper-
19       ation of jails and other local governmental facilities for the incarceration
20       of adult offenders;
21           (4) review and study the juvenile offender programs and activities and
22       facilities of counties, cities, school districts and other local governmental
23       entities, including programs for the reduction and prevention of juvenile
24       crime and delinquency, the programs and activities of private entities
25       operating community juvenile programs and facilities and the condition
26       and operation of local governmental residential or custodial facilities for
27       the care, treatment or training of juvenile offenders;
28           (5) study the progress and results of the transition of powers, duties
29       and functions from the department of social and rehabilitation services,
30       office of judicial administration and department of corrections to the ju-
31       venile justice authority; and
32           (6) make an annual report to the legislative coordinating council as
33       provided in K.S.A. 46-1207, and amendments thereto, and such special
34       reports to committees of the house of representatives and senate as are
35       deemed appropriate by the joint committee.
36           (l) Any member of the joint committee on corrections and juvenile
37       justice oversight shall receive compensation, travel expenses and subsis-
38       tence expenses and allowances as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212 and amend-
39       ments thereto, for attending a meeting arising out of activities as a member
40       of the joint committee as authorized by the joint committee at a meeting
41       thereof or by the chairperson, vice-chairperson and ranking minority
42       member of the joint committee.
43           (m) The provisions of this section shall expire on December 1, 1999.

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  1           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 46-2801 is hereby repealed.
  2           Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
  3       publication in the statute book.
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