17-68-104. District attorney and county attorney data collection for counties of the first, second, and third class -- Report.

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Effective 11/6/2025

(1)The district attorney in a county of the first class, and the county attorney in a county of the second or third class, shall provide a written report to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee by May 1, annually, beginning on May 1, 2026, to report data from the prior calendar year.

(2)The annual report required in Subsection

(1)shall include the following information, organized by the offense classification, for the cases that were active during the reporting period:

(a)the average amount of taxpayer dollars spent per case, as calculated by the total number of misdemeanors, juvenile adjudications, and felonies, divided by the portion of the attorney's annual budget allocated to prosecution;

(b)the total number of juvenile adjudications, misdemeanors, and felonies;

(c)the total case numbers and individual prosecutor average annual caseload of felonies broken down by sexual offenses, general crimes, and crimes of violence;

(d)the total number of cases categorized by the most serious charge as follows:

(i)cases that were referred to the prosecutor's office by law enforcement but not filed due to insufficient evidence;

(ii)cases that were dismissed after charges were filed;

(iii)cases in which a plea agreement was reached by the parties before the preliminary hearing;

(iv)cases that were dismissed by the court after the preliminary hearing;

(v)cases in which a plea agreement was reached by the parties after the preliminary hearing;

(vi)cases that resulted in a conviction at trial; and

(vii)cases that resulted in an acquittal at trial; and

(e)the average number of days between:

(i)the filing of criminal charges; and

(A)the delivery of discovery information, including witness statements; or

(B)the first day of trial.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1