(a) On October 1, 1998, all duties currently assigned to the Department of Youth Services relating to the establishment of minimum standards and the certification of juvenile probation officers, providing continuing education for juvenile probation officers, and allocating salary subsidies to the counties for authorized juvenile probation positions, shall be transferred to the Administrative Office of Courts.
(b) On October 1, 1999, the juvenile probation officers and other juvenile probation personnel in any county having a population of 99,000 or less according to the 1990 federal decennial census shall be transitioned to the state court system personnel system administered by the Administrative Office of Courts. The aforementioned personnel shall not include any personnel providing services for detention or shelter care facilities.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 5A - Juvenile Probation Services.
Section 12-5A-1 - Legislative Findings and Intent.
Section 12-5A-3 - Juvenile Probation Services Fund.
Section 12-5A-4 - Duties Transferred to Administrative Office of Courts; Transition of Personnel.
Section 12-5A-5 - Employees Included in State Court System Personnel System; Salary Subsidies.
Section 12-5A-6 - Phase-Out of Financial Support From Counties.
Section 12-5A-7 - Juvenile Probation Officers - Allocation by Population.
Section 12-5A-11 - County Programs, etc., Unaffected.
Section 12-5A-12 - Study Commission Created.