HB 2302 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections for fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, with actual amounts to be specified (shown as $0.00 in draft)

• Requires the Department to budget all funds in ten specified categories including General Operations, Prison Operations, Medical Services, Community Corrections, and Offender Programs

• Limits the Director's salary to an amount to be determined (shown as $0.00 in draft) and authorizes the Director to set employee compensation and duties

• Establishes budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and lease-purchase agreements, with funds expiring November 15, 2014 for FY-14 or November 15, 2015 for FY-15

• Authorizes the Department to use prison inmates for state agency construction projects under written agreements regarding liability, funding, and security, provided inmates do not replace current state employees