Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1215

 PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 1183

"(F) assisting the chief executive of the State, the State legislature, and units of local government upon request in developing new or improved approaches, policies, or legislation designed to improve criminal justice in the State; "(G) developing and publishing information concerning criminal justice in the State; "(H) providing technical assistance upon request to State agencies, community-based crime prevention programs, the judicial coordinating committee, and units of local government in matters relating to improving criminal justice in the State; and "(I) assuring fund accounting, auditing, and evaluation of programs and projects funded under this part to assure compliance with Federal requirements and State law. "(2) The council shall be created or designated by State law and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the chief executive of the State who shall appoint the members of the council, designate the chairman, and provide professional, technical, and clerical staff to serve the council. The council shall be broadly representative and include among its membership— "(A) representatives of eligible jurisdictions as defined in subsection (a)(2), (3), and (4) who shall comprise at least one-third of the membership of the council where there are such eligible jurisdictions in the State and where they submit applications pursuant to this part; "(B) representatives of the smaller units of local government defined in subsection (a)(5); "(C) representatives of the various components of the criminal justice system, including representatives of agencies directly related to the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency and representatives of police, courts, corrections, prosecutors, and defense attorneys; "(D) representatives of the general public including representatives of neighborhood and community-based, business, and professional organizations of the communities to be served under this part; and "(E) representatives of the judiciary including, at a minimum, the chief judicial officer or other officer of the court of last resort, the chief judicial administrative officer or other appropriate judicial administrative officer of the State, and a local trial court judicial officer; if the chief judicial officer or chief judicial administrative officer cannot or does not choose to serve, the other judicial members and the local trial court judicial officer shall be selected by the chief executive of the State from a list of no less than three nominees for each position submitted by the chief judicial officer of the court of last resort within thirty days after the occurrence of any vacancy in the judicial membership; additional judicial members of the council as may be required by the Administration shall be appointed by the chief executive of the State from the membership of the judicial coordinating committee or, in the absence of a judicial coordinating committee, from a list of no less than three nominees for each position submitted by the chief judicial officer of the court of last resort. Individual representatives may fulfill the requirements of more than one functional area or geographical area where appropriate to the background and expertise of the individual. "(3)(A) Applications from eligible jurisdictions as defined in subsection (a)(2), (3), and (4) may, at the discretion of such eligible jurisdiction, be in the form of a single application to the State for inclusion in the comprehensive State application. Applications or

Creation or designation by State law. Membership.

Applications from eligible jurisdictions.

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