FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 10, 2017 Time Requested: 01:20 PM |
Agency: |
Corrections, WV Division of |
CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
1268 |
Introduced |
HB2329 |
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CBD Subject: |
Crime |
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FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The West Virginia Division of Corrections is unable to estimate how many new offenders would be sentenced to our custody as a result of the proposed legislation. However, for each such offender incarcerated, the State of West Virginia can expect an additional cost of $27,684 per year (average annual cost per offender in FY 2016).
If five such offenders were sentenced per year, costs for years 1 through 3 would be as follows:
Year 1 Cost $138,420.00
Year 2 Cost $276,840.00
Year 3 Cost $415,260.00
Fiscal Note Detail
Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2017 Increase/Decrease (use"-") |
2018 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 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Memorandum
It is unclear in this bill if the proposed criminal penalties would be indeterminate or determinate penalties.
On determinate sentences, inmates are parole eligible in one quarter of the sentence.
On indeterminate sentences inmates are parole eligible at the minimum of the sentence.
Inmates in WV receive day for day "good time", so their maximum sentence is effectively cut in half. If the minimum of a proposed criminal penalty is more than half of the maximum it would lead to inmates discharging that sentence due to the accumulation of good time prior to being parole eligible.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Brad Douglas
Email Address: brad.t.douglas@wv.gov