BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Senator Mark Leno, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 1616 Hearing Date: June 13,
2016
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|Author: |Committee on Budget |
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|Version: |June 13, 2016 As amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Julie Salley-Gray |
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Subject: Correctional Facilities: Construction Financing
Summary: This measure makes statutory changes necessary to enact public
safety provisions of the Budget Act of 2016.
Background: As part of the 2016-17 budget package, AB 1616 makes statutory
changes to implement the budget act.
Proposed
Law: This bill authorizes $250 million in lease-revenue bond
financing for county jail construction projects designed to
improve housing with an emphasis on expanding program and
treatment space to manage the adult offender population under
its jurisdiction.
In addition, this bill requires that any county applying for
jail construction funds provide in-person, on-site visitation
for inmates and that the county include in its grant application
a description of efforts to address sexual abuse in its adult
local criminal justice facility.
Finally, this bill appropriates $20 million in lease-revenue
bond financing for the necessary repairs to the Napa County jail
as a result of the damage sustained during the 2014 earthquake.
Fiscal
Effect: The bill contains a $270 million appropriation to fund the
construction of county jails.
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Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
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