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F I S C A L   I M P A C T   R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

King

 

DATE TYPED:

2/1/03

 

HB

343

 

SHORT TITLE:

County Reimbursement for Extradition Costs

 

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST:

J. Sandoval

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

 

 

 

$1,000.0

 

 

Recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

Relates to        HB 354

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety

 

No Response

Department of Finance and Administration

 

SUMMARY

 

House Bill 343 makes amendments to certain sections of the state statutes to establish a rate of reimbursement to counties for expenses incurred while extraditing and transporting state prisoners.  Counties shall be reimbursed by the state for not more than 50% of per diem, mileage and other necessary travel expenses.  Counties with populations of one $100,000 or more, as determined by the 2000 United States census, shall not cumulatively receive more than 50% of the total amount of money allocated to all counties in each fiscal year as reimbursement.  All claims for reimbursement shall be submitted to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 343 appropriates $1,000.0 from the general fund to Local government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for the purpose of reimbursing counties for the cost of extraditing, transporting and feeding state prisoners.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $1,000.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall revert to the general fund.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

None reported.

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

House Bill 343 relates to House Bill 354.

 

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

 

  1. Why is should the state pay for fifty percent of these per diem, mileage and other necessary travel expenses?
  2. What costs has the Department of Finance and Administration attributed to these expenses in the past?
  3. Will this bill increase the costs of operations for county and local governments? 

 

JFS/prr

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