Bill
Number: S.B. 1478
Biggs
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Legislative Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
Provides that
a child who is adjudicated delinquent for an offense that is not a felony
offense may be committed to the Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) only
if the child has been previously adjudicated delinquent for an offense that is
a felony or is seriously mentally ill.
Instead of
requiring counties pay for 25 percent of the aggregate number of days that
youths are confined to ADJC, the amendment requires ADJC to annually assess a
committed youth confinement cost sharing fee to each county. Declares
that it is the intent of the legislature that the amount of the annual
committed youth confinement cost sharing fee is equal to each county’s
proportional share of $12,000,000, using population data from the most recent
U.S. census. Allows a county to meet the cost sharing requirements from
any source of county revenue designated by the county, including monies of any
countywide special taxing jurisdiction in which the Board of Supervisors serves
as the Board of Directors.
Provides that
the Department of Corrections award for a contract or contracts to open up
medium security beds may be pursuant to more than one request for proposals for
a total of 2,000 medium security prison beds.
Page 1, strike lines 5 through 8,
insert:
"A. A child who is any of the following shall not
be committed or awarded to the department of juvenile corrections:
1. Adjudicated delinquent for an offense that is not a felony unless
the child has been previously adjudicated delinquent for an offense that is a
felony or is seriously mentally ill.
2. Under fourteen years of age.
3. A dependent or incorrigible child.END_STATUTE"
Page 2, lines 35 and 36, strike "joint
legislative budget committee review;"
Strike lines 37 through 46, insert:
"A. The department shall annually assess a
committed youth confinement cost sharing fee to each county."
Reletter to conform
Page 3, between lines 13 and 14,
insert:
"D. Notwithstanding any other law, a county may
meet the cost sharing requirements of this section from any source of county
revenue designated by the county, including monies of any countywide special
taxing jurisdiction in which the board of supervisors serves as the board of
directors."
Page 4, line 24, strike
"a"
Line 25, strike "request"
insert "requests"; after "to" insert "a total of"
Page 4, line 31, strike "request" insert
"requests"
Between lines 41 and 42, insert:
"Sec. 13. Legislative intent; county
contribution amount for committed youth in secure care facilities
It is the intent of the legislature
that the amount of the annual committed youth confinement cost sharing fee that
the director of the department of juvenile corrections must assess to each
county for committed youth in secure care facilities pursuant to section 41‑2832,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is each county's proportional share of $12,000,000,
using population data from the most recent United States decennial census."
Renumber to conform
Amend title to conform