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A. Confinement of Juvenile Offenders. A child, as defined in § 19-1-103(18), C.R.S., arrested for an alleged violation of a municipal ordinance, convicted of violating a municipal ordinance or probation conditions imposed by the Municipal Court, or found in contempt of court in connection with a violation or alleged violation of a municipal ordinance shall not be confined in a jail, lockup, or other place used for the confinement of adult offenders but may be held in a juvenile detention facility operated by or under contract with the Department of Human Services or a temporary holding facility. The Municipal Court imposing penalties for violation of probation conditions imposed or for contempt of court in connection with a violation or alleged violation of a municipal ordinance may confine a child pursuant to § 19-2-508, C.R.S., for up to forty-eight (48) hours in a juvenile detention facility operated by or under contract with the Department of Human Services. In imposing any jail sentence upon a juvenile for violating any municipal ordinance when the Municipal Court has jurisdiction over the juvenile pursuant to § 19-2-104(1)(a)(II), C.R.S., the Municipal Court does not have the authority to order a child under eighteen (18) years of age to a juvenile detention facility operated or contracted by the Department of Human Services.

B. Requirement That Juvenile Attend School. If, as a condition of or in connection with, any sentence imposed by the Municipal Judge requires a juvenile who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age to attend school, the Municipal Court shall notify the school district in which the juvenile is enrolled of such requirement. (Ord. 440 §1, 2001)