There shall be a Division of Special Services within the Department. It shall be responsible for handling and caring of youths referred by the Guam Police Department, courts of Guam, parents or legal guardians, public and private agencies. Furthermore, it shall be responsible for care, custody and the rehabilitation of youth adjudicated by the courts of Guam.

(a) There is established a Board of Review comprising of five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be a youth, appointed by the Council and approved by the Governor. The members shall serve for four (4) years. Vacancies shall be filled the same as the initial appointments but only for the unexpired term. The Board shall be responsible for reviewing and monitoring programs of each client adjudicated by the courts and shall submit a progress report on each client at six (6) months intervals to the Chairman of the Council, who shall maintain close liaison with the Juvenile Court of Guam relative to the care of an adjudicated youth. The affirmative vote of three (3) members shall be necessary for the validity of any act of the Board.

(b) There is created within the division a Special Services Committee, consisting of twenty-one (21) members, eleven (11) of whom shall be the persons appointed to the Guam Council on Youth Affairs pursuant to § 20105 of this Act. The remaining ten (10) members shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of four (4) years. These ten (10) members shall classify themselves by lot so that three (3) shall serve for one (1) year, three (3) for two (2) years, three (3) for four (4) years and one (1) for four (4) years. Their successors shall be appointed each for a term of four (4) years. Vacancies shall be filled the same as regular appointments but only for the unexpired

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term. The members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as certified to the Treasurer of Guam by the Director.

The Special Services Committee shall exist for the sole purpose of providing input to the Supervisory Board of Guam’s State Planning Agency for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement (Territorial Crime Commission) relative to the development of the Supervisory Board’s annual Comprehensive State Plan.

The Special Services Committee shall make recommendations and propose legislation for the de-institutionalization of status offenders as required by the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

The affirmative vote of six (6) members shall be necessary for the validity of any acts of the Special Services Committee.

SOURCE: GC § 26516 enacted by P.L. 14-110:3.
NOTE: The ATerritorial Crime Commission@ ceased to exist in the late 1970’s or early
1980’s.