Section 41-5-1703 - Powers and duties of juvenile probation officers(1) A juvenile probation officer shall: (a) perform the duties set out in 41-5-1302;(b) make predisposition studies and submit reports and recommendations to the court;(c) supervise, assist, and counsel youth placed on probation or conditional release or under the juvenile probation officer's supervision, including enforcement of the terms of probation or conditional release or intervention;(d) assist any public and private community and work projects engaged in by youth to pay restitution;(e) perform any other functions designated by the court.(2) A juvenile probation officer does not have power to make arrests or to perform any other law enforcement functions in carrying out the juvenile probation officer's duties except that a juvenile probation officer may take into custody any youth who violates either the youth's probation, terms and conditions of the youth's conditional release agreement, or a lawful order of the court.(3) The duties of a full-time or part-time juvenile probation officer may not be performed by a person serving as a law enforcement officer.Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 506,Sec. 15, eff. 10/1/2023.Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 344,Sec. 22, eff. 7/1/2019.En. 10-1234 by Sec. 34, Ch. 329, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 530, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 10-1234(4), (5); amd. Secs. 48, 76, Ch. 550, L. 1997; Sec. 41-5-703, MCA 1995; redes. 41-5-1703 by Sec. 47, Ch. 286, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 152, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 2, L. 2009.