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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Stapleton

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

01/21/05

HB 147

SHORT TITLE Violence Against Women Act Funding

SB

ANALYST McSherry

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$56.1

Recurring

General

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

House Bill 147 duplicates funding recommended for the 2

nd

Judicial District Court HAFC budget

recommendation which included the executive-recommended Domestic Violence Resource Co-

ordinator expansion position.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 147, “

Violence Against Women Act Funding” appropriates

$56,100 from the to the 2

nd

Judicial District Court for the purpose of replacing federal funds from the Violence Against

Woman Act which, according the 2

nd

Judicial District Court, would fund a “Domestic Violence

Resource Coordinator.”

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $56.1 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall

revert to the general fund.

The estimated additional operating budget impact was determined assuming a 1-5 percent salary

increase in FY08 for state employees including the proposed resource coordinator.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

It is not clear if the intended outcome of this program is simply tracking information, or if there

is an ultimate purpose for the tracking of information and resources.

House Bill 147 – Page

2

This appropriation has 1 permanent FTE associated with it.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

It is not clear how the proposed funding will improve 2

nd

Judicial District Court Performance.

The 2

nd

Judicial District Court has not proposed performance measures or targets associated with

its domestic violence programs.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Increased funding and personnel will increase the administrative responsibilities in the 2

nd

Judi-

cial District Court.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

The appropriation proposed in HB147 duplicates the executive recommended budget for the

Court. HAFC has included the executive’s expansion item (this appropriation proposed amount

and purposes) in its currently accepted recommendation for FY07.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

If the current HAFC recommendation remains intact for the 2

nd

Judicial District Court, there will

be no consequences of not enacting this bill. However if the HAFC recommendation is amended

to remove the executive’s recommended expansion and HB 147 does not pass, the Domestic

Violence Resource Coordinator position will not be authorized to be funded with a state

appropriation in FY07.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

1.

How does the Domestic Violence Resource Coordinator position improve the perform-

ance of the 2

nd

District Court.

2.

How did the Court qualify for the federal funds used to fund this position originally.

3.

What improvements have resulted from the federally-funded coordinator position.

4.

How will the other domestic violence programs at the 2

nd

judicial district Court be af-

fected if the coordinator position is not funded. How will they benefit if it is funded.

5.

What measures does the 2

nd

Judicial District propose to use in order to determine the po-

sition’s effectiveness.

6.

Does the 2

nd

Judicial Court prioritize this proposal, or the requested increase in the Do-

mestic Violence Early Intervention program. Why.

7.

Were there any federal requirements for the position and program that the 2

nd

Judicial

District plans to change if they program is federally funded. If so, what.

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