HB2483 S JUD AMT

Smith 7883

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2483--A Bill to amend and reenact §49-4-720 and §49-4-722 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to requiring the Division of Juvenile Services to transfer to a correctional facility or regional jail any person in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who turns 18 years of age; requiring transfer of juvenile under adult jurisdiction from a juvenile facility upon reaching 18 years of age if he or she has either been convicted or is in a pretrial status; directing the Division of Juvenile Services to notify the circuit court 180 days or as soon as practicable prior to a juvenile reaching 18 years of age; requiring the circuit court to set and conduct a hearing prior to the transfer to an adult correctional facility; making provisions of law related to victims applicable to proceedings held pursuant to the section; prohibiting persons 18 or older that commit an adult offense while under the custody of the Division of Juvenile Services from being returned to the placement in a juvenile facility; requiring the court to conduct a hearing prior to the completion of the adult sentence; and prohibiting a court from remanding a person who has reached 18 years of age and completed serving an adult sentence to a juvenile facility.

Adopted

Rejected