2019-0360
INTRODUCED BY: LARRY COCHRAN, PARISH PRESIDENT
(CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER)
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of an agreement between the Parish of St. Charles and ETOH Monitoring, LLC for Juvenile electronic monitoring services.
Body
WHEREAS, the 29th Judicial District Court serves as a critical part of the Juvenile Justice System for and in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, when a need arises to house a juvenile pending a pre-adjudication, St. Charles Parish must rely on the availability of a bed, or beds, in neighboring parishes; and,
WHEREAS, Act 147 of the 2019 Legislative Session changed several laws regarding juvenile justice and among other changes, enacted La. Ch. C. Art. 815.1, which allows for each parish to develop its own program to serve as an alternative to detention; and,
WHEREAS, one such pre-adjudication detention alternative is a pre-adjudication supervision program which incorporates a pre-adjudication screening instrument, pre-adjudication community supervision, and pre-adjudication electronic GPS monitoring; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish is desirous of providing the electronic GPS monitoring component of the pre-adjudication supervision program as an alternative to pre-adjudication detention.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Agreement between St. Charles Parish and ETOH Monitoring, LLC for Juvenile electronic monitoring services is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of St. Charles Parish.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2019, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:
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