83 RD LEGISLATIVE SESSION REVIEW Legislative Budget Board Criminal J stice For m Criminal Justice Forum September 6, 2013
Outline of Today’s Criminal Justice Forum 2 Introduction and brief overview of the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) • Criminal Justice Forum parameters • Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: Texas Department of Criminal Justice • (TDCJ) and Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: Texas Juvenile Justice Department • (TJJD) (TJJD) Criminal Justice Data Analysis Team reports and the 83 rd Legislative Session • New legislation with potential to affect criminal and/or juvenile justice / • policies Upcoming Criminal Justice Forums Upcoming Criminal Justice Forums • • Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
LBB Overview 3 Created in 1949 • Chapter 322, Government Code • Comprised of 10 Legislators • Lieutenant Governor Speaker of the House David Dewhurst Joe Straus Senate Finance Committee Chair Senate Finance Committee Chair House Appropriations Committee Chair House Appropriations Committee Chair Tommy Williams Jim Pitts Appointed Member House Ways and Means Committee Chair Robert Duncan Harvey Hilderbran y Appointed Member Appointed Member Juan Hinojosa Dan Branch Appointed Member pp M Appointed Member pp M Judith Zaffirini Sylvester Turner Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
LBB Overview 4 Primary Statutory Responsibilities y y p Prepare draft of General Appropriations Bill • o http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Appropriations_Bills/83/Conf_Bill.pdf P Prepare budget estimates document b d d • Guide, review, and finalize agency strategic plans • Review efficiency of state agencies, public school districts and higher • education institutions Prepare fiscal notes and impact statements • Adopt constitutional spending limit Adopt constitutional spending limit • Budget execution (when necessary) • LBB Website: www.lbb.state.tx.us Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Criminal Justice Teams’ Structure and St ff M Staff Members b 5 • Public Safety and Public Safety and • Criminal Justice Data Criminal Justice Data Criminal Justice Team Analysis Team o Angela Isaack, Manager g , g o Laurie Molina, Manager , g o John Newton, Senior Analyst o Jamie Gardner, Analyst o Kevin Niemeyer, Analyst o John Posey, Analyst o John Wielmaker, Analyst o Ed Sinclair, Analyst Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Criminal Justice Data Analysis Team y 6 • Project Long-Term Adult and Juvenile Project Long Term Adult and Juvenile Correctional Populations • Calculate Recidivism Rates for Criminal and Calculate Recidivism Rates for Criminal and Juvenile Justice Populations • Calculate Cost-Per-Day Information for Ca cu a e Cos e ay o a o o Criminal and Juvenile Justice Populations • Project the Impact of Proposed Legislation on j p p g Criminal and Juvenile Justice Populations • Conduct Interim Research Projects j Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Criminal Justice Forum Parameters 7 • Diverse group of participants • Diverse group of participants • A learning opportunity for all • Limited to the subject area L d h b • Please hold all questions until the end of the presentation • Please fill out the feedback form and turn in after the Forum (last page of handouts) Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Criminal Justice Forum Parameters 8 • Criminal Justice Forums are an opportunity for various pp y groups to come together to learn about and discuss current issues in criminal/juvenile justice. • If you have any questions that remain unanswered following the Criminal Justice Forum, please feel free to talk with any CJDA team member following the Forum CJDA team member following the Forum • Past Criminal Justice Forum presentations may be found here: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/CJDA.aspx?Team=CJDA Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
9 Overview of 2014 15 Appropriations: Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: TDCJ and BPP TDCJ d BPP 10 $6.3 billion in All Funds and $6.1 billion in General Revenue-related • F Funds are provided for all TDCJ functions and BPP operations d id d f ll TDCJ f i d BPP i FY 2014-15 appropriations included an increase of $163.1 million • in All Funds for TDCJ/BPP (2.7 percent increase) and $198.5 million / in General Revenue-related funds (3.4 percent increase) as compared to FY 2012-13 Agency staff positions within TDCJ/BPP (full-time-equivalents or ge cy s a pos o s w CJ/ ( u e equ va e s o • FTEs) are funded at 40,306 for fiscal year 2015 compared to 40,071 for fiscal year 2013, an increase of 235 FTEs as compared to FY 2012-13 TDCJ and BPP bill pattern may be found here on Page V-10: • o http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Appropriations_Bills/83/Conf_Bill.pdf Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: TDCJ TDCJ and BPP d BPP 11 TDCJ Incarceration • o $5.1 billion in All Funds and $4.9 billion in General Revenue-related Funds o General Revenue-related Funds increases over the 2012-13 biennium include: $105.2 million for a five percent increase in correctional officers’ salaries $60.8 million for correctional managed health care $20.1 million for contract correctional facilities’ per diem increases and replacement of $ p p reduced federal funds $11.7 million for vehicle replacements $6.1 million for an additional 75 reentry transitional coordinators o General Revenue-related Funds decreases below the 2012-13 biennium include: $97.3 million for reduction in capacity at contract prisons, private state jails, and residential pre-parole facilities, $12.0 million of which was saved in FY 2013 id ti l l f iliti $12 0 illi f hi h d i FY 2013 Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: TDCJ TDCJ and BPP d BPP 12 TDCJ Support of Community Supervision (adult probation) • Services o $598.8 million in All Funds and $584.8 million in General Revenue- related Funds are provided for services delivered by local adult related Funds are provided for services delivered by local adult community supervision and corrections departments (CSCDs) o General Revenue-related Funds increases over the 2012-13 biennium include: c ude: $30.0 million to maintain current levels of corrections and diversion programs $17.0 million for CSCD employee health insurance cost increases o General Revenue-related Funds decreases below the 2012-13 biennium include: $7.2 million as a result of decreased community supervision population projections Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: TDCJ and BPP TDCJ d BPP 13 TDCJ Parole Supervision and Services • o $331.5 million in All Funds and $330.9 million in General Revenue- related Funds o General Revenue-related Funds increases over the 2012-13 biennium include: $15.7 million for projected increases in parole supervision populations $2.5 million for contract intermediate sanction facilities’ per diem increases Board of Pardons and Paroles • o $52.5 million in All Funds and General Revenue-related Funds o General Revenue-related Funds increases over the 2012-13 biennium G l R l d F d i h 2012 13 bi i include: $1.3 million for seven additional parole hearing officers and two additional voting commissioners $0.3 million for information technology equipment and vehicle replacements Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
14 Overview of 2014 15 Appropriations: Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
Overview of 2014-15 Appropriations: TJJD TJJD 15 • $645.7 million in All Funds and $588.2 million in General Revenue Funds are provided for all TJJD functions • FY 2014-15 appropriations represents decreases of $28.6 million in All Funds (4 2 percent decrease) and $16 million in million in All Funds (4.2 percent decrease) and $16 million in General Revenue Funds (2.7 percent decrease) as compared to FY 2012-13 • Agency staff positions within TJJD (full-time-equivalents: FTEs) are funded at 2,855 for fiscal year 2015 compared to 2,797 for fiscal year 2013, an increase of 58 FTEs. • TJJD bill pattern may be found here on Page V-30: o http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Appropriations_Bills/83/Conf_Bill.pdf Legislative Budget Board S eptember 6, 2013
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