Restructure Funding for Community Containment

Item 383 #6s

Language
Page 334, line 35, strike "$77,324,630" and insert "$76,449,553".
Page 334, line 35, strike "$78,273,280" and insert "$76,905,228".

Explanation
(This amendment is the first of two amendments that restructure the increased funding recommended in the introduced budget for new sex offender containment programs. This amendment removes $875,077 the first year and $1,368,052 the second year and 15 positions each year from the general fund. A companion amendment to this Item provides additional funding for an intensive, cost-effective community containment program designed to control the rate of growth of the resident population at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation. This amendment is contingent upon final passage of Senate Bill 559.)