Bill Text: AZ HB2310 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Administrative office of courts; evaluation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-29 - Governor Signed [HB2310 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2310-Chaptered.html

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Senate Engrossed House Bill

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

 

CHAPTER 140

 

HOUSE BILL 2310

 

 

AN ACT

 

relating to the administrative office of the courts; providing for conditional enactment.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Administrative office of the courts; evaluation and recommendations for mental health courts; report

A.  The administrative office of the courts shall do both of the following:

1.  Evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and accountability of the mental health courts and specialized probation caseloads that currently operate in this state.

2.  Develop standards for the design, training in and procedures to establish and implement efficient, effective and accountable mental health courts in this state.  In developing the standards, the administrative office of the courts shall take into consideration the evaluations conducted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection.  The standards shall include data gathering and reporting procedures to facilitate annual evaluations and audits and ensure comparative data across this state.

B.  The administrative office of the courts shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the chief justice of the Arizona supreme court on or before December 31, 2014.

C.  The administrative office of the courts may contract with or employ, as necessary, professional consultants, experts and specialists to conduct the evaluation and in the development of the standards, training and procedures.  The evaluation and development of standards conducted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be done in cooperation with court administration, probation departments, prosecutors, defense attorneys and other mental health stakeholders.

Sec. 2.  Conditional enactment; notice

A.  This act does not become effective unless the administrative office of the courts receives an appropriation for the implementation of the evaluation on or before the effective date of this act.

B.  The administrative office of the courts shall notify in writing the director of the Arizona legislative council of the date on which the condition is met or if the condition is not met.

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 29, 2013.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 30, 2013.