SB 0489 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0489 - Treatment Programs For Juvenile Offenders

L.R. NO.  2107-01
BILL NO.  Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed SB 489
SUBJECT:  Corrections:  Juveniles
TYPE:     Original
DATE:     May 17, 1996



                              FISCAL SUMMARY
                    ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

None                            $0                  $0                $0

Total Estimated
Net Effect on All
State Funds                     $0                  $0                $0


                   ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

None                            $0                  $0                $0

Total Estimated
Net Effect on All
Federal Funds                   $0                  $0                $0


                    ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS


FUND AFFECTED              FY 1997             FY 1998           FY 1999

Local Government                $0                  $0                $0


                              FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials of the Department of Social Services, Office of the State Courts
Administrator, Department of Corrections and the Office of Prosecution
Services assume this proposal would not fiscally impact their agency.

Officials of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations assume this
proposal would have a minimal fiscal impact on their agency.


FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 1997   FY 1998   FY 1999
                                (10 Mo.)

                                       0         0        0


FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 1997   FY 1998   FY 1999
                                (10 Mo.)

                                       0         0         0


DESCRIPTION

This proposal would authorize the Department of Corrections (DOC) to
promulgate rules pursuant to subsection 2 of Section 217.378 RSMo, such rules
may include:  1) establish separate housing units for offenders under age
seventeen;  2) provide offenders with a strict regimen of activities and the
training necessary to gradually reenter the community; and  3) contract with
public and private agencies to provide for housing and services for offenders
under age seventeen.

It would require the Department of Corrections to develop an ongoing
evaluation process to review all juvenile offender programs.  It would also
require DOC to submit a yearly evaluation report on juvenile offenders in the
corrections system to the Governor and the General Assembly starting on
January 30, 1999.  Prosecuting attorneys who prosecute offenders under age
seventeen would be required to maintain records regarding the sentencing of
those offenders.

This proposal would allow the court to order a child fourteen or older, who
has been adjudicated for a non-violent crime, to work for an employer at a
rate not to exceed minimum wage until restitution for the damage or loss
caused by the offense has been paid.

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other
program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental
space.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Corrections
Office of Prosecution Services
Department of Social Services
State Courts Administrator
Department of Labor & Industrial Relations