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                  HB 139
              CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER
              1996 GENERAL SESSION
              STATE OF UTAH
              Sponsor: Sheryl L. Allen
          AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER PROGRAM; REQUIRING
          THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ADMINISTER A CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER IN
          DAVIS COUNTY; AND APPROPRIATING $170,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO
          THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996-97.
          This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
          AMENDS:
          67-5b-102 , as last amended by Chapter 71, Laws of Utah 1995
          Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
              Section 1. Section 67-5b-102 is amended to read:
              67-5b-102. Children's Justice Center -- Requirements of center -- Purposes of center.
              (1) (a) There is established a program that provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary,
          nonprofit, intergovernmental response to sexual abuse of children and serious physical abuse of
          children in a facility known as a Children's Justice Center.
              (b) The attorney general shall administer the program.
              (c) The attorney general shall:
              (i) allocate the funds appropriated by a line item pursuant to Section 67-5b-103 ;
              (ii) administer applications for state and federal grants;
              (iii) staff the Advisory Board on Children's Justice;
              (iv) assist in the development of new centers; and
              (v) coordinate services between centers.
              (2) (a) The attorney general shall establish Children's Justice Centers in Davis County, Salt
          Lake County, Utah County, and Weber County.
              (b) The attorney general may establish other centers within a county and in other counties
          of the state.
              (3) The attorney general and each center shall fulfill the statewide purpose of each center
          by:
              (a) minimizing the time and duplication of effort required to investigate, prosecute, and
          initiate treatment for the abused child in the state;
              (b) facilitating the investigation of the alleged offense against the abused child;
              (c) conducting interviews of abused children and their families in a professional manner;
              (d) obtaining reliable and admissible information which can be used effectively in criminal
          and child protection proceedings in the state;
              (e) coordinating and tracking:
              (i) the use of limited medical and psychiatric services;
              (ii) investigation of the alleged offense;
              (iii) preparation of prosecution;
              (iv) treatment of the abused child and family; and
              (v) education and training of persons who provide services to the abused child and its family
          in the state;
              (f) expediting the processing of the case through the courts in the state;
              (g) protecting the interest of the abused child and the community in the state;
              (h) reducing trauma to the abused child in the state;
              (i) enhancing the community understanding of sexual abuse of children and serious physical
          abuse of children in the state; and
              (j) providing as many services as possible that are required for the thorough and effective
          investigation of child abuse cases.
              (4) To assist a center in fulfilling the requirements and statewide purposes as provided in
          Subsection (3), each center may obtain access to any relevant juvenile court legal records and adult
          court legal records, unless sealed by the court.
              (5) The statewide purpose of this chapter is to establish a program that provides a
          comprehensive, multidisciplinary, nonprofit, intergovernmental response to sexual abuse of children
          and serious physical abuse of children in a facility known as a Children's Justice Center.
              Section 2. Appropriation.

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              There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1996-97 $170,000 to the Office
          of the Attorney General for administration of the Davis County Children's Justice Center.

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