Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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The Criminal Justice Reform Council Bill has several changes to the Accountability Courts statutes with several new
Operating Under the Influence (OUI) Court and Family Treatment Court provisions. The bill
also seeks to make changes to the juvenile detention process, with the goal of keeping nonviolent
offenders out of the detention centers. There are also several changes to the license
suspension process in the bill, and these changes should ease the burden of license reinstatement
for drivers who have been suspended or revoked. There are also several new and revised
provisions on records restrictions for defendants sentenced under the first offender act. |
