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2022 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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SB 134 Implementation and Cost Study (language only)

Item 392 #1c

Item 392 #1c

Public Safety and Homeland Security
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security

Language

Page 422, after line 29, insert:

"D. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, or his designee, shall convene a work group to examine the costs and feasibility of the implementation of Senate Bill 134, 2022 Session of the General Assembly. The work group shall include representatives from the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Office of the Executive Secretary, Court Service Units, Juvenile Detention Centers, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Planning and Budget, appropriate staff from the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, and other appropriate stakeholders. The work group shall develop cost estimates and the associated efforts necessary to implement the provisions of Senate Bill 134, to include the state and local fiscal impact and any cost savings realized by reducing the number of individuals in the adult criminal justice system. In conducting this assessment, the work group shall review the experience of other states that have implemented similar legislation. The Department shall submit a report of the work group's findings to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by October 1, 2022."



Explanation

(This amendment establishes a work group to examine the costs and associated efforts related to the implementation of Senate Bill 134, introduced during the 2022 Session of the General Assembly, which would raise the maximum age for juvenile delinquency matters from less than 18 years of age to less than 21 years of age.)