(1) Each judicial district shall create a drug offender treatment board, whose membership is knowledgeable about adult criminal and juvenile justice matters, consisting of: (a) The district attorney serving the judicial district or his or her designee; (b) The chief public defender serving the judicial district or his or her designee; (c) The chair of the local community corrections board or his or her designee; (d) A parole officer working in the judicial district chosen by the director of the department of corrections or his or her designee; (e) A sheriff that serves the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district; (f) A representative of a drug court or similar problem-solving court if such a court exists in the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district; (g) A person with expertise in juvenile matters chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district; and (h) A probation officer working in the judicial district chosen by the chief judge of the judicial district. (1.5) Effective November 1, 2024, the judicial district drug offender treatment board for the twenty-third judicial district is created. Initial members of the board are appointed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section; except that the twenty-third judicial district administrative judge shall appoint the members appointed pursuant to subsections (1)(e) to (1)(h) of this section. Effective January 7, 2025, all members of the judicial district drug offender treatment board for the twenty-third judicial district must be appointed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. (2) The board shall give priority to drug court funding if the jurisdiction operates a drug court and the drug court operates with best evidence-based or promising practices. Each drug offender treatment board shall annually make recommendations to the correctional treatment board for funding local assessed treatment needs. (3) Each judicial district's drug offender treatment board may adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to perform the functions of the board. (4) and (5) Repealed.
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