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Committee adopts amendment to remove DCS from juvenile consent for contract; leaves consent to court
Summary
The committee unanimously approved Amendment 5, which removes the Department of Child Services (DCS) as a consenting party for juvenile contractual matters and leaves consent authority solely with the court, addressing bank and credit union enforceability concerns.
An early committee action adopted Amendment 5 offered by Senator Walker that revised an earlier draft to remove the Department of Child Services (DCS) as one of the parties that could consent to a juvenile entering a specified contract. Senator Walker said the amendment "pulls out the portion that would allow DCS to be 1 of the folks who can consent for a juvenile to enter into this contract and leaves it solely up to the court," and it also adjusted language to address bank and credit union concerns about perpetual enforceability.
The amendment was taken by consent and the committee voted 6–0 to move the change forward.
Speakers on the record included Senator Walker and Chairman Baldwin; the committee completed a roll call confirming the unanimous approval before proceeding to the next agenda item.
