Assigned to COMPS AS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Assigned to COMPS AS
PASSED BY HOUSE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Third Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
pre-arrest diversion;
precomplaint education program
(NOW: appropriation; county sheriff; reentry planning)
As passed by the Senate, S.B. 1476 permitted a merchant to allow a person who is suspected of shoplifting to complete an education program instead of reporting the crime to law enforcement, under certain conditions.
The House of Representatives adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:
Purpose
Appropriates $500,000 annually from the State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions Land Fund (Fund) in each of the next three fiscal years to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office for reentry planning services.
Background
Appropriations distributed based on county population rely on the last decennial United States Census, except for limited cases (A.R.S. §§ 28-6352 and 42-5003.1). With a recorded population of 211,033 persons in the 2010 census, Yavapai is the only Arizona county within the eligibility range (205,000 to 300,000 persons) prescribed by S.B. 1081.
Laws 2017, Chapter 305 appropriates $814,005 from the state General Fund in FY 2018 to Yavapai County for county essential services.
The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) receives funding for drug treatment programs, mental health assistance programs, education programs and reentry programs through the ADC revolving fund. (A.R.S. § 42-3106).
The bill has a fiscal impact to the Fund of $500,000 in each of FY 2019, FY 2020 and FY 2021.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $500,000 annually
from the Fund to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office in FY 2019, FY 2020 and FY
2021 to administer release coordination reentry planning services for persons
in custody.
2. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives
· Adopted the strike-everything amendment.
Senate Action House Action
COMPS 2/12/18 DPA 8-0-1
3rd Read 3/05/18 22-7-1
APPROP 3/28/18 DPA/SE 10-1-0-2
3rd Read 5/3/18 47-13-0
Prepared by Senate Research
May 3, 2018
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