HB 3522 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Office of Juvenile Affairs from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, with blank dollar amount to be determined.

• Requires the Office to budget all appropriated funds across seven specific categories: Administration, Santa Claus, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG), Residential Services, Nonresidential Services, and Community Youth Services Agencies.

• Mandates the agency develop outcome-based performance measures for each budget category and allows Community Youth Services Agency funds to be reallocated proportionally only if the overall office budget is reduced.

• Sets budgetary limitations on full-time-equivalent employees and lease-purchase agreements, with Executive Director salary capped at an amount to be determined.

• Establishes lapse dates requiring funds budgeted for FY-2015 to be encumbered by June 30, 2015 and expended by November 15, 2015, with remaining funds reverting to the General Revenue Fund.