SPONSOR:

Rep. Lynn

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 39

AMEND House Bill No. 39 on line 9 by deleting " Prior to " after the period and before " attaining " therein and inserting in lieu thereof " Prior to At the time of ".

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 39 on line 20 by deleting " shall " after " Court " and before the comma therein and inserting in lieu thereof " shall may ".

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment clarifies that a youth subject to concurrent jurisdiction under § 930 of Title 10 must be identified or diagnosed with a mental condition at the time the youth turns 18 years of age. This Amendment also provides that the Superior Court has the discretion, rather than an obligation, to transfer a case to the Family Court under § 930.