2014
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-010
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Guzman, Steadman, Ulibarri, Aguilar, Heath, Kefalas;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Kagan, Lee, Buckner, Court, Duran, Exum,
       Fields, Garcia, Gerou, Hamner, Hullinghorst, Labuda, Landgraf,
       Lawrence, Lebsock, McLachlan, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Murray, Pabon,
       Pettersen, Ryden, Salazar, Schafer, Singer, Tyler, Vigil, Williams,
       Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING REQUESTING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
       COLORADO SUPREME COURT TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS
       CONCERNING ADJUDICATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
       PETITIONS. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, The juvenile defense attorney interim committee was
       created pursuant to House Joint Resolution 13-1019, which resolution
       was adopted during the first regular session of the Sixty-ninth General
       Assembly; and
       
          WHEREAS, The juvenile defense attorney interim committee met
       during the 2013 interim to study the role of legal defense counsel in the
       juvenile justice system; and
       
          WHEREAS, The juvenile defense attorney interim committee has
       recommended legislation to be introduced during the second regular
       session of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly, which legislation addresses
       certain inadequacies in Colorado law relating to the representation of
       juvenile offenders; and
       
          WHEREAS, Actions by the judicial branch are necessary to address
       problems identified by the juvenile defense attorney interim committee
       and improve the juvenile justice system; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That the General Assembly requests that the Chief Justice of the
       Colorado Supreme Court establish a committee of qualified persons to
       review the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, juvenile court forms,
       and Chief Justice Directive 04-04 and make recommendations concerning
       any amendments to the Rules, forms, or the directive that may be
       necessary to improve the juvenile justice system.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Chief Justice Nancy E. Rice, Colorado Supreme Court.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Morgan Carroll                       Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES