Senate Bill No. 281
(By Senators Green, White and Palumbo)
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[Introduced February 17, 2009; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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 the provisions of this
article. 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.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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.