WHEREAS, combating and protecting citizens from crime is of vital concern to government; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the State of Idaho that government promote efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system and, where possible, create partnerships among criminal justice professionals to achieve this effectiveness and efficiency; and

WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Crime Control Act of 2005, each state is encouraged to develop and implement a competitive mechanism for award of certain federal grant funds.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby establish the Idaho Criminal Justice Grant Review Board and charge this body with the responsibility to disburse such grant funding as may come within its purview with the overall mission of reducing crime in Idaho.

The Idaho Criminal Justice Grant Review Board shall consist of nineteen (19) members comprised of the following representatives (or their designees) who shall serve two-year terms at the pleasure of the Governor:

The Attorney General of the State of Idaho;
The Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court;
The Director of the Idaho Department of Correction;
The Director of the Idaho State Police;
The Director of the Department of Health and Welfare;
The Director of the Office of Drug Policy;
The Director of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections;
Two (2) Chiefs of Police;
Two (2) Sheriffs;
The State Appellate Public Defender;
Two (2) Prosecuting Attorneys;
One (1) representative of the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence;
One (1) representative of the private security organizations;
One (1) representative of the juvenile justice system;
Two (2) citizens at large.

The Governor shall appoint the Chair of the Criminal Justice Grant Review Board.

This Executive Order shall cease to be effective four years after its entry into force.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise on this 23rd day of June in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-third and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred nineteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE