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DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS CREATED -- APPOINTMENT OF
DIRECTOR -- POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (1) The department of juvenile
corrections is hereby created. The department shall, for the purposes of
section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idaho, be an
executive department of the state government.
(2) The department shall be under the control and supervision of a
director, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent
of the senate. The director shall exercise all of the powers and duties
necessary to carry out the proper administration of the department and may
delegate duties to employees and officers of the department. The director
shall have the authority to employ an attorney or attorneys to provide legal
services to the department and such managers, assistants, clerical staff and
other employees necessary to the proper functioning and administration of the
department.
(3) The department of juvenile corrections shall be composed of such
administrative units as may be established by the director for the proper and
efficient administration of the powers and duties assigned to the director or
the department. The director shall appoint an administrator for each
administrative unit within the department.
(4) The director shall have full power and authority to do all things
necessary to establish and provide for the administration and operation of the
department of juvenile corrections and to accomplish an orderly transition to
the department of juvenile corrections and the counties of the duties and
responsibilities for juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system
being performed by the department of health and welfare. It is intended that
the director and staff of the department of health and welfare work
cooperatively with the director and staff of the department of juvenile
corrections and the counties in this effort, while continuing with their
duties to juvenile offenders in the custody of the department of health and
welfare until the official transfer of such duties to the department of
juvenile corrections and the counties on October 1, 1995.
(5) Effective October 1, 1995, all existing commitments to the department
of health and welfare made pursuant to section 16-1814(1)6., Idaho Code, are
hereby transferred to the department of juvenile corrections. All powers,
duties and functions with respect to those commitments are hereby transferred
from the department of health and welfare to the department of juvenile
corrections. The director of the department of juvenile corrections shall have
all the powers and duties as may have been or could have been exercised by his
predecessors in law pursuant to these commitments and he shall be the
successor in law to those commitment duties without regard to the language of
individual judicial orders of commitment for the juveniles.

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