ORDINANCE NO. 1222

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 20 OF CHAPTER 42 OF THE 1953 COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION BY ADDING THERETO A SUBSECTION 7 TO PROVIDE FOR YOUTH JURIES IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

That Section 20 of Chapter 42 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended by the addition of a subsection 7 to read as follows:

 Section 7. Youth Jury.

 a.  The presiding Municipal Judge shall be authorized to appoint an advisory jury which shall be known as the Youth Jury. Youth jurors shall serve without compensation.

 b.  The Youth Jury shall assist the Municipal Judge in cases involving alleged violations of motor vehicle and traffic ordinances by defendants 18 years of age or younger, pursuant to rules and policies to be established by the Municipal Judge.

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this first day of December, 1965.

Ray A. Meacham

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1222, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 17th day of November, 1965, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 2nd day of December, 1965.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Published: November 20, 1965

Published: December 4, 1965