HB 2569 Text

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2569

(By Delegates Perry, Boggs, Morgan and Ellem)
(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)

[March 24, 2009]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §49-5B-5a, relating to creating the Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §49-5B-5a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5B. WEST VIRGINIA JUVENILE OFFENDER REHABILITATION ACT.
§49-5B-5a. Creating the Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund.
There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special revenue account designated "The Juvenile Services Status Offender Fund" within and for the benefit of the Division of Juvenile Services for expenses incurred in housing juvenile status offenders. Moneys shall be paid into the account by the Department of Health and Human Resources based upon an established per diem rate. The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Division of Juvenile Services shall jointly establish the per diem rate to be paid into the fund by the Department of Health and Human Resources for each juvenile status offender housed in a Division of Juvenile Services facility pursuant to a joint agreement of both agencies. The Director of Juvenile Services is authorized to make expenditures from the fund in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code to offset expenses incurred by the Division of Juvenile Services in housing, treatment and caring for juvenile offenders.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account in the State Treasury known as the Juvenile Services Offender Fund to facilitate reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Division of Juvenile Services in housing juvenile status offenders.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

This bill was recommended for introduction and passage during the 2009 Regular Session of the Legislature by the Legislative Oversight Committee on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.

Print On Demand