2023 Utah Code › Title 63C - State Commissions and Councils Code › Chapter 29 - Domestic Violence Data Task Force › Part 2 - Domestic Violence Data Task Force › Section 201 - Domestic Violence Data Task Force -- Creation -- Members -- Compensation -- Quorum -- Staff.

Affected by 63I-1-263 on 12/31/2024
Effective 5/3/2023
63C-29-201.
Domestic Violence Data Task Force -- Creation -- Members -- Compensation -- Quorum -- Staff.
(1) There is created the Domestic Violence Data Task Force to coordinate and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding the collection of domestic violence data in the state.
(2) The task force consists of the following members:
(a) the commissioner of public safety, or the commissioner's designee;
(b) the executive director of the Department of Corrections, or the executive director's designee;
(c) the chair of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or the chair's designee;
(d) the president of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, or the president's designee;
(e) the president of the Utah Sheriffs' Association, or the president's designee;
(f) the executive director of the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, or the director's designee;
(g) the director of the Division of Child and Family Services, or the director's designee;
(h) the director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs, or the director's designee;
(i) the chief administrative officer of the Office of Homeless Services, or the officer's designee;
(j) one individual who provides violence and injury prevention services within the Department of Health and Human Services, appointed by the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services;
(k) one individual who represents the Administrative Office of the Courts appointed by the state court administrator;
(l) one individual appointed jointly by the Utah League of Cities and Towns and the Utah Association of Counties;
(m) one individual who represents the Statewide Association of Prosecutors appointed by the association;
(n) one individual who represents the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers appointed by the association; and
(o) the following individuals appointed by the commissioner of public safety, or the commissioner's designee:
(i) one individual who represents a state domestic violence coalition, as defined in 45 C.F.R. Sec. 1370.2;
(ii) one criminal justice system advocate; and
(iii) one nongovernment organization victim advocate.
(3) The task force shall annually select one of the task force members to be the chair of the task force.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the task force appointed under Subsection (2), the member shall be replaced in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(5) A task force member:
(a) may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service on the task force; and
(b) may receive per diem and reimbursement for travel expenses that the task force member incurs as a task force member at the rates that the Division of Finance establishes under:
(i) Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107; and
(ii) rules that the Division of Finance makes under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(6)
(a) A majority of the task force members constitutes a quorum.
(b) The action of a majority of a quorum constitutes an action of the task force.
(7) The Department of Public Safety shall provide staff support to the task force.
Enacted by Chapter 109, 2023 General Session