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

SPONSOR

Rainaldi

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/22/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

11

th

Judicial District Pretrial Services

SB 83

ANALYST C. Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$207.9

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY08

FY09

FY10 3 Year

Total

Cost

Recurring

or Non-

Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

Indeterminable

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 83 appropriates $207,900 from the general fund to the eleventh judicial district court

for three full-time employees and operating expenses for a pre-trial services program. Any

unexpended or encumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 09 shall revert to the general

fund.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The initial cost of the program of $207,000

in fiscal year 2009 is subject to increased costs

resulting from any increases in salaries and the costs of benefits for the five FTEs.

Senate Bill 83 – Page

2

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Pre-Trial Services balances releasing offenders after arrest against potential danger to the

community and possible failure to appear. This program works closely with the court, and

reduces bed days for arrested pre-trial felons. Pre-Trial Services has been in operation in San

Juan County since 1998, and has been funded by the county. Due to budget constraints, future

funding of this program by San Juan County is at great risk. This bill would transfer the program

from county to state funding.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The courts are participating in performance-based budgeting. This bill may have an impact on

the measures of the courts in the following areas:

Cases disposes as a percent of cases filed

Percent change in case filings by case type

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Pre-Trial Services has been operation in San Juan County since 1998, and has been funded by

the county. Due to budget constraints, future funding of this program by San Juan County is at

risk. This bill would transfer the program from county to state funding.

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