(a) The Governor shall appoint all 15 members of the council which shall be composed of one member of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, one member who shall be either a Justice of the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Court of Appeals, one superior court judge, one juvenile court judge, one district attorney, one criminal defense attorney, one sheriff, the executive counsel to the Governor or his or her designee, the director of the Governor's Office for Children and Families or his or her designee, and five other members as determined by the Governor.
(b) Each member of the council shall be appointed to serve for a term of four years or until his or her successor is duly appointed, except the members of the General Assembly, who shall serve until completion of their current terms of office. A member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the council. If a member of the council is an elected or appointed official, the member, or his or her designee, shall be removed from the council if the member no longer serves as such elected or appointed official.
(c) The Governor shall designate the chairperson of the council. The council may elect other officers as it deems necessary. The chairperson of the council may designate and appoint committees from among the membership of the council as well as appoint other persons to perform such functions as he or she may determine to be necessary as relevant to and consistent with this chapter. The chairperson shall only vote to break a tie.
(d) The council shall be attached for administrative purposes only to the Governor's Office for Children and Families. The Governor's Office for Children and Families and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall provide staff support for the council. The Governor's Office for Children and Families and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall use any funds specifically appropriated to it to support the work of the council.
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