HCS HB 1167 -- ASSAULT AGAINST CORRECTIONS OFFICERS (Relford)

This substitute requires that any inmate in the physical custody
of the Department of Corrections who commits third degree
assault against a corrections employee be placed in segregation
for at least one year.  Any inmate who commits second or first
degree assault against a corrections employee must be placed in
segregation for at least 3 years.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Net Cost to General Revenue Fund of $0
in FY 1999, $162,728 in FY 2000, and $164,665 in FY 2001.

HCS HB 1167 -- ASSAULT ON CORRECTIONS OFFICERS

SPONSORS:  Crump (Relford)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Correctional and State Institutions by a vote of 13 to 1.

This substitute requires that any inmate in the physical custody
of the Department of Corrections who commits third degree
assault against a corrections employee be placed in segregation
for at least one year.  Any inmate who commits second or first
degree assault against a corrections employee must be placed in
segregation for at least 3 years.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Net Cost to General Revenue Fund of $0,
for FY 1999, $162,728 for FY 2000, and $164,665 for FY 2001.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that with the number of assaults
which are occurring against corrections employees, it is time to
send a message that violence against these employees will not be
tolerated.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Relford; Department
of Corrections; C.J. Cornilieus; and American Federation of
State, County, and Municipal Employees.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Bob Dominique, Legislative Analyst

HB 1167 -- Assault on Corrections Employees

Sponsor:  Relford

This bill requires that any inmate housed in a facility operated
by the Department of Corrections who commits third degree
assault against a corrections employee be placed in segregation
for at least one year.  It requires that any inmate who commits
second or first degree assault against a corrections employee be
placed in segregation for at least 3 years.