SB41 Alabama 2015 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Arthur OrrSenator

Republican

Session

First Special Session 2015

Title

Corrections Department, appropriation in 2014-2015 General Fund budget, earmarking for Wetumpka Women's Facility deleted, Act 2014-284, 2014 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Summary

SB41 removes the Wetumpka Women's Facility funding earmark from the FY 2015 corrections budget, giving the department flexibility over that money.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Act 2014-284 to delete the language that specifically earmarked funds for the Wetumpka Women's Facility within the Institutional Services Corrections Program. Other allocations within that program remain (Community Corrections, Therapeutic Education in Columbiana, and security doors/locks at certain facilities). The Department of Corrections must still report progress on the door and lock expenditures to the specified committee chairs. The act preserves other corrections funding provisions and becomes effective immediately upon the governor's approval.

Who It Affects

• Alabama Department of Corrections and Wetumpka Women's Facility staff and inmates, as the Wetumpka earmark is removed and funding decisions become more flexible.
• Recipients and participants of remaining programs funded by the act, including Community Corrections Program participants and staff, Therapeutic Education program recipients in Columbiana, and security-improvement projects at maximum-security facilities (St. Clair, Donaldson, Holman).

Key Provisions

• Eliminates the specific $3,500,000 General Fund earmark for the Wetumpka Women's Facility within the Institutional Services Corrections Program.
• Retains other allocations within Institutional Services Corrections Program: $5,500,000 for Community Corrections; $3,800,000 for Therapeutic Education in Columbiana; and $1,300,000 for security doors and locks at specified facilities.
• Department of Corrections shall report to the Chairs of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation-General Fund Committee on progress of the door and lock expenditures.
• Maintains the prohibition on using any portion of the State General Fund to support the Correctional Industries Program; and sets other related funding provisions and total corrections appropriations as described.

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Subjects

Appropriations