[§352D-9]  Office of youth services regional
advisory boards; power, duties, and authority.  (a)  There shall be
established a regional advisory board located in each county and they shall be
called the Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, and Oahu regional advisory boards,
respectively.  The office shall provide staff support for each board.  Each
board shall elect annually from among its members a chairperson who shall
preside at its regular meetings.  Each board shall be composed of eleven voting
members.  Each board's membership shall include four lay persons, of which two
shall possess knowledge of youth services, all appointed by the governor as
provided in section 26-34.



The Oahu regional advisory board shall include
the superintendent of education, the public defender, the directors of human
services and health, the police chief and the prosecuting attorney of the city
and county of Honolulu, and the senior family court judge of the first circuit,
or their designees.



The other regional advisory boards shall include
the county's chief of police and prosecuting attorney, a deputy public
defender, a family court judge, and one representative from each of the
following departments of education, human services, and health, who shall be
selected by their respective directors, or their designees.



All board members shall be residents of the
county in which the regional advisory board to which they are appointed is
located, and shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred during the performance of their duties.



(b)  There shall be a combined meeting of all
boards at least once a year.  Each regional board shall advise the office on:



(1)  General policies relating to the youth service
system, including but not limited to planning, integration, development, and
coordination to effectuate the purposes of this chapter;



(2)  Monitoring and evaluating youth services as they
relate to the coordination and integration of the youth service system within
its region; and



(3)  Any pertinent issue related to the youth service
system within its region. [L 1991, c 258, pt of §2]