HB 1208 Summary

• Appropriates funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of Juvenile Affairs for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, with the specific amount to be determined.

• Requires the Office of Juvenile Affairs to budget all funds across seven 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 authorizes the Executive Director to set employee duties and compensation.

• Establishes budgetary limitations of 0.0 full-time-equivalent employees and $0.00 in lease-purchase agreements for fiscal year 2016.

• Allows funds to be budgeted for either fiscal year 2016 or 2017, with encumbrance deadlines of June 30 and expenditure deadlines of November 15 for each respective year; requires budget work program revisions and Office of Management and Enterprise Services approval to carry forward unused funds.

• Effective July 1, 2015.