New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 4 - Executive Orders (Mario M. Cuomo) › Section 4.80 - Executive Order No. 80: Juvenile justice planning

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
					 Act of 1974, as amended,
					 42
					 USC 5601
et seq.
(the act),
					 implements the declared policy of the United States Congress to develop
					 effective methods of preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency, including
					 methods of maintaining and strengthening the family unit; to develop and
					 conduct effective programs to prevent delinquency and divert juveniles from the
					 traditional juvenile justice system; to improve the quality of juvenile justice
					 in the United States; and to increase the capacity of state and local
					 governments and public and private agencies to conduct effective juvenile
					 justice and delinquency prevention and rehabilitation programs; and
WHEREAS, Title II, part B, subpart I of the act authorizes
					 the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
					 (the administrator) to make formula grants to states and units of local
					 governments to assist them in meeting the objectives of the act; and
WHEREAS, The State of New York participates in the formula
					 grant program authorized by subpart I and intends to continue to accept and
					 administer formula grant funds to meet the objectives and requirements of the
					 act; and
WHEREAS, A New York State Juvenile Justice Advisory Group
					 has been appointed in accordance with section 223(a)(3) of the act, which
					 requires that an advisory group be appointed by the Chief Executive of the
					 State to (a) participate in the development and review of the state's juvenile
					 justice plan; (b) review and comment on all juvenile justice and delinquency
					 prevention grant applications submitted to the state; (c) report to the
					 Governor and the State Legislature at least annually with respect to matters
					 related to its function; and (d) carry out such further responsibilities as
					 required or permitted by the act; and
WHEREAS, Section 223(a)(1) of the act as amended in 1984
					 now requires the establishment or designation of a state agency as "the sole
					 agency for supervising the preparation and administration" of the state's
					 juvenile justice plan, instead of the state criminal justice council required
					 for the administration of criminal justice block grant funds made available
					 through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration pursuant to the Omnibus
					 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and
WHEREAS, Section 261(c)(1) of the act, as amended in 1984,
					 provides that such state agency shall include a supervisory board and that,
					 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the administrator shall establish
					 appropriate administrative and supervisory board membership requirements for
					 the sole state agency and shall permit the Juvenile Justice Advisory Group
					 appointed under section 223(a)(3) of the act to operate as the supervisory
					 board for such agency, at the discretion of the Governor; and
WHEREAS, The administrator has adopted regulations,
					 28 CFR
					 31.103, which provide that the Juvenile
					 Justice Advisory Group appointed under section 223(a)(3) of the act may operate
					 as the supervisory board of the designated state agency, at the discretion of
					 the Governor:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of
					 New York, do hereby designate the Division of Criminal Justice Services as the
					 sole state agency to supervise the preparation, administration and
					 implementation of the state's juvenile justice plan, and to otherwise comply
					 with the requirements conferred on the designated state agency by the act and
					 pertinent Federal regulations. I further designate the Juvenile Justice
					 Advisory Group as the supervisory board for purposes of supervising the
					 preparation, administration and implementation of the state's juvenile justice
					 plan, as expressly provided in section 261(c)(1) of the act, and in
					 28 CFR
					 section 31.103.
Signed: Mario M. Cuomo
Dated: March 21, 1986