| Date Requested:February 16, 2013 Time Requested:11:04 AM |
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| FUND(S) | |||
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Sources of Revenue | |||
| General Fund | |||
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund | |||
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
| This bill appears to remove the maximum sentence of two years for these offenders and does not specify a new cap, which would allow significantly longer sentences to be implemented.
The West Virginia Division of Corrections has no method to predict how many offenders would be affected by this longer maximum sentence nor what the average sentence would be. However, for each offender sentenced in this manner the State of West Virginia could expect to pay up to $24,447 per additional year they are incarcerated ($24,447 average annual cost per inmate in FY2012 x 5 years). |
| Over-all effect |
| Effect of Proposal | Fiscal Year | ||
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| 2013 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
2014 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
Fiscal Year (Upon Full Implementation) | |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Personal Services | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Current Expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Repairs and Alterations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3. Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
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| This bill appears to remove the maximum sentence of two years for these offenders and does not specify a new cap, which would allow significantly longer sentences to be implemented.
The West Virginia Division of Corrections has no method to predict how many offenders would be affected by this longer maximum sentence nor what the average sentence would be. However, for each offender sentenced in this manner the State of West Virginia could expect to pay up to $24,447 per additional year they are incarcerated ($24,447 average annual cost per inmate in FY2012 x 5 years). |