Bill Summary: HB 2490

• Appropriates funds to the Pardon and Parole Board from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to perform duties imposed by law.

• Requires the Pardon and Parole Board to budget funds in specified categories and develop outcome-based performance measures for each budget category.

• Establishes budget limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and restricts the Chief Administrative Officer's salary, with specific encumbrance and expenditure deadlines (funds must be expended by November 15 of the following year or lapse).

• Allows the Board to budget appropriations for either fiscal year 2011 or 2012, but not both simultaneously, with provisions for carrying over unused funds with Office of State Finance approval.

• Takes effect July 1, 2010, with an emergency clause declaring immediate necessity for preservation of public peace, health, and safety.