FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 16, 2015
Time Requested: 11:18 AM |
| Agency: |
Corrections |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1987 |
Introduced |
HB2174 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Crime |
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FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This legislation increases the time until parole eligibility for sentenced offenders. The WV Division of Corrections has no way to estimate how many additional offenders would be sentenced under this legislation. However as of June 30, 2014 there were 3 offenders incarcerated in the WV Division of Corrections that were sentenced under this offense. The WV Division of Corrections estimates that this legislation would have an average annual fiscal impact of $42,292 (3 x $28,195 average annual cost per inmate in FY 2014 / 2 to represent a 6 month increase in the minimum time until eligibility). However, it must also be pointed out that under the penalty for Transportation of Schedule 4 substances there is a technical problem with setting the penalty to 18 months to 3 years. Typically, offenders would earn day for day good time and actually discharge their sentence completely at the same time they are parole eligible.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2015
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2016
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Memorandum
This legislation increases the time until parole eligibility for sentenced offenders. The WV Division of Corrections has no way to estimate how many additional offenders would be sentenced under this legislation. However as of June 30, 2014 there were 3 offenders incarcerated in the WV Division of Corrections that were sentenced under this offense. The WV Division of Corrections estimates that this legislation would have an average annual fiscal impact of $42,292 (3 x $28,195 average annual cost per inmate in FY 2014 / 2 to represent a 6 month increase in the minimum time until eligibility). However, it must also be pointed out that under the penalty for Transportation of Schedule 4 substances there is a technical problem with setting the penalty to 18 months to 3 years. Typically, offenders would earn day for day good time and actually discharge their sentence completely at the same time they are parole eligible.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Loita Butcher
Email Address: Loita.c.butcher@wv.gov