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

SPONSOR Snyder

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/22/07

HB

SHORT TITLE

Study Requirement of Facilities for DA’s

SB SM 32

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to SB 491

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 32 requests the AOC, the Administrative Office of the District Attorneys

(AODA) and the Association of Counties to continue discussions on who pays for what for court

and district attorney facilities. In particular, the memorial requests that the issue of paying for

security personnel and whether as part of long- term recommendations, the state should take over

more of the costs of these facilities.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There is no fiscal impact

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Although the statute requires the counties to be responsible for the space of the district courts and

attorneys statewide, there is confusion between the state and the counties on the respective

financial responsibilities of each.

Senate Memorial 32 – Page

2

SJM 22, a memorial passed in the 2005 Regular Session, required representatives of the AOC,

the AODA and the Association of Counties to meet and develop a definition of court facilities.

At the Courts, Corrections, and Justice Committee on October 25, 2005, a report on Senate Joint

Memorial 22 was presented to the interim committee. This year, SB 491 was introduced based

on those recommendations. SB 491 addresses many of the payment responsibilities but leaves

open the issue of who pays for security personnel. This memorial requires the parties to continue

the discussions and make recommendations on this issue and other long-term issues.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The existing staffs of the AOC, the AODA and the Association of Counties can handle the

requirements of this memorial as part of their ongoing responsibilities.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

The memorial is a companion bill to SB 491. SB 491 clarifies what the counties pay for and

what the state pays for when building court and district attorneys’ facilities.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

There should not be an apostrophe in the short title.

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