HB1131 Summary

• Appropriates $338.9 million for Department of Correction Inmate Care and Custody operations for fiscal year 2012-2013, including $160.6 million in regular salaries and $59.5 million in personal services matching.

• Establishes maximum of 4,756 regular employees and 170 temporary/part-time employees across multiple classification levels and salary grades ranging from $75,000 to $225,000 annually.

• Authorizes appropriations for eight additional programs: Inmate Welfare ($14.1 million), Work Release ($7.3 million), Prison Industry ($10.7 million), Farm Operations ($15.2 million), Non-Tax Revenue ($6.2 million), Federal Programs ($511,875), County Jail Reimbursement ($14.8 million), and Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment ($25,000).

• Permits department flexibility to transfer appropriations between line items and programs with approval from Chief Fiscal Officer and Arkansas Legislative Council/Joint Budget Committee for emergency needs, overtime, medical contracts, and facility operations.

• Requires annual cost reporting to legislature detailing direct and indirect inmate housing costs by facility, plus county reimbursement reporting and monthly invoicing summaries, with emergency effective date of July 1, 2012.