FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 15, 2017
Time Requested: 01:25 PM |
| Agency: |
Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, WV |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1869 |
Introduced |
HB2466 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Corrections |
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FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
A New Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Summary:
It is the Regional Jail Authority’s (RJA) interpretation that this Bill will create a new General Revenue Fund to cover 50% of the RJA jail facilities operation expenses for FY 2018 and future years.
The total of these expenses for FY 2018 will be $44,569,514, based on the current RJA FY 2018 proposed budget (see attached documentation for the breakdown by expense line item).
The intent of this Bill is to relieve some of the financial burden that is currently on the WV Counties and Municipalities for the payment of incarceration of inmates in RJA facilities. Currently WV Counties and Municipalities pay RJA approximately $50 million a year. This Bill would alleviate 50% of that amount every year, starting in FY 2018. This will alleviate financial burden from the WV Counties and Municipalities, but will put that burden on the State to cover the expenses.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2017
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2018
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
44,569,514 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
25,274,122 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
15,285,420 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
2,453,250 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
312,500 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
1,244,222 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
-305,350 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
1. Estimated Total Costs – These costs are based on the proposed FY 2018 RJA budget figures.
2. Estimated Total Revenues – These decreases show the amount of revenue RJA would lose if the per diem rate for inmates that were incarcerated for less than 24 hours was cut in half. These figures were based on the list of FY 2016 inmates that were incarcerated for less than 24 hours.
Memorandum
RJA currently gets per diem revenue from Department of Corrections and various Federal Agencies as well as the Counties and Municipalities, and this revenue stream is not addressed in the proposed Bill.
This Bill also suggests lowering the per diem by half for inmates that are incarcerated for less than 24 hours. RJA had 12,657 inmates in FY 2016 that were incarcerated for less than 24 hours. If theses inmates were billed to the Counties at half the per diem rate ($24.125), the RJA would have lost $305,350 in per diem revenue. The RJA currently does not capture the municipality an arrest is made in, this makes data to estimate a 5% cost to municipalities unavailable.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Roger Townsend - CFO RJA
Email Address: Roger.L.Townsend@wv.gov