Section 12-15-130

Alabama Children's Policy Council.

(a) The Alabama Children's Policy Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following members: Three appointees from business and industry made by the Governor; the Lieutenant Governor; the Speaker of the House of Representatives; two members of the Alabama Senate, one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and one appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Chief Justice; the legal advisor to the Governor; the Attorney General; the President of the Juvenile and Family Court Judges' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections; the President of the District Attorneys' Association; the President of the Chief Juvenile Probation Officers' Association; the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources; the Administrative Director of Courts; the Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs; the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; the Executive Director of the Department of Youth Services; the State Superintendent of Education; the State Health Officer; the Executive Director of the Alabama Children's Trust Fund; the President of the Alabama Parent-Teachers Association; the Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; the Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation Services; the Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency; the Director of the Department of Public Safety; the Administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; the Director of the Office of School Readiness; the Director of Voices for Alabama's Children; the Director of A Journey to Manhood; the President of A Coalition of 100 Black Women; the President of 21st Century Youth Leadership Program; and five persons to be appointed by the council. The appointed members of the council shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. All appointments are subject to Senate confirmation and shall be effective until acted upon by the Senate.

(b) The Commissioner of the Department of Children's Affairs shall serve as chairman and the Chief Justice as vice chair. The five council appointees and the three appointees of the Governor shall serve on the Alabama Children's Policy Council for two years from October 1 following their appointment and until their successors are selected, and may be reappointed for additional terms. Any vacancies in such appointed positions shall be filled in like manner as their predecessor and shall serve for a full term and until their successors are selected. If the council deems it necessary or advisable, it may elect other officers as necessary. The vice chairman and any other officers of the council, other than the chairman, shall hold said offices for such period as designated by the council, or for so long as they remain members of the council. The council shall meet at the call of the chairman at least once annually prior to September 1 of each fiscal year, and at such other times as, in the opinion of the chairman, additional meetings are needed.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Alabama Children's Policy Council and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to review the report prepared by the Department of Children's Affairs pursuant to Section 12-15-134 and to make such recommendations as it deems necessary and appropriate to the Governor and Legislature by October 1 of each fiscal year. It shall also be the duty of the Alabama Children's Policy Council to develop a state resource guide, including procedural information concerning how to access such services. This guide shall be distributed to agencies and organizations serving children as well as the county children's policy councils in each county of the state and the general public.

(Acts 1990, No. 90-674, p. 1304, §17; Act 2000-612, p. 1226, §1.)