SB 0054 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0054 - Authorizes work camps for certain Corrections Dept. inmates

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 0559-01

BILL NO. SB 54

SUBJECT: Corrections, Department; Prisons and Jails

TYPE: Original

DATE: December 30, 1998

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FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
None
Total Estimated Net Effect on All State Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
None
Total Estimated Net Effect on All Federal Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
Local Government	$0	$0	$0

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials of the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations assume this proposal would have no fiscal impact to their agencies.

Officials of the Department of Corrections (DOC) assumes that the proposal to establish work programs, as defined in this legislation, is not a mandate to initiate such programs and therefore has not shown any fiscal impact as a result of this proposal. The proposed legislation permits the establishment of these work programs, as determined by the department, but does not require the department to implement such programs. DOC officials noted that this proposal in part duplicates Section 217.040, RSMo.

Since the DOC currently employs general population inmates in productive full-time assignments, the need to establish additional work programs, as defined in this legislation, is not necessary.

Currently, inmates who are eligible to work outside the facility (low-risk offenders) work full-time in the community without chains. All other inmates (high-risk offenders) work behind the "walls" because they do not meet the eligibility criteria for community work which is determined largely by the nature of the offense, length of sentence being served and institutional conduct.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.

DESCRIPTION

This proposal would allow the Department of Corrections to require offenders to work and to participation in self-improvement programs. This proposal would require offenders participating in work programs to wear shackles and chains. Offenders convicted of first degree murder, first degree assault, forcible rape, or forcible sodomy would not be placed in work programs. Offenders would not be considered state employees, nor would their work be considered employment.

This legislation is not federally mandated and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Corrections

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

December 30, 1998