Arizona Laws 8-204. Juvenile court employees; merit system; annual report
A. The director of juvenile court services shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge of the juvenile court.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-204
- Detention: means the temporary confinement of a juvenile who requires secure care in a physically restricting facility that is completely surrounded by a locked and physically secure barrier with restricted ingress and egress for the protection of the juvenile or the community pending court disposition or as a condition of probation. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Juvenile court: means the juvenile division of the superior court when exercising its jurisdiction over children in any proceeding relating to delinquency, dependency or incorrigibility. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
B. In counties which have adopted or hereafter adopt a limited county employee merit system pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 2, Article 10 or a judicial merit system, juvenile probation officers, juvenile surveillance officers and juvenile detention officers other than the director and deputy director of juvenile court services shall be included in such county merit system or judicial merit system and entitled to the same privileges and protections provided in such merit system for other county employees or court employees. Deputy directors and all other employees of the juvenile court may be included in the county merit system or judicial merit system at the discretion of the presiding judge of the superior court in each county.
C. The director of juvenile court services, in addition to all other duties, must submit an annual report to the presiding judge of the superior court and the legislature that includes the number of juveniles that the court has retained jurisdiction over pursuant to section 8-202, subsection H. The director shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.