SB 6529-S - DIGEST |
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/16/16) |
Revises the juvenile justice act of 1977 to provide for the rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders. |
Authorizes the juvenile court, if a juvenile offender is charged with animal cruelty in the first degree, to deny granting a deferred disposition to the juvenile, even if the juvenile otherwise may qualify for a deferred disposition. |
Requires the judge to consider whether the community will benefit from granting a deferred disposition to the juvenile offender. |
Addresses fines, community service, and electronic monitoring for juveniles adjudicated of taking a motor vehicle without permission in the first or second degree, theft of a motor vehicle, or possession of a stolen vehicle. |
Authorizes a police officer, under certain circumstances, to arrest a person who: (1) Is sixteen or seventeen years old; and |
(2) Within the preceding four hours has assaulted a family or household member. |
Authorizes a prosecuting agency, upon receiving an offense report, to choose not to file the information as a domestic violence offense if the offense was committed against a sibling, parent, stepparent, or grandparent. |
Changes a court's notification requirements to the department of licensing with regard to a juvenile's first offense while armed with a firearm, or first offense involving possession of a firearm or violation of certain firearm, alcohol, or drug laws. |