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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           1067 (Oropeza)
          
          Hearing Date:  04/26/2010           Amended: 04/14/2010
          Consultant:  Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety  
          7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 1067 would require the Division of Juvenile  
          Justice (DJJ) to track recidivism rates of youthful offenders  
          under the jurisdiction of the department, as defined and  
          specified. This bill would require DJJ to create an annual  
          report to the Legislature that includes specified recidivism  
          rate data, and to post it on the DJJ website. This bill would  
          sunset its report requirements on January 1, 2016.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund
                                                                  
          Track recidivism rates                $75                      
          $50                 $50           General

          Annual report                              $25                    
           Likely minor costs                General
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          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the  
          Suspense File.

          This bill establishes a new definition of recidivism, and  
          requires a new DJJ annual report to the Legislature on  
          recidivism, as defined. The primary costs will be in the first  
          year, when new reporting guidelines will have to be established,  
          new definitions adopted, new processes for data gathering  
          implemented, and the first report prepared. The estimated cost  
          of the bill in 2010-11 includes staff time to determine how to  
          implement the bill's provisions, and to set up recidivism  
          tracking processes, identified in "Track recidivism rates". An  
          additional cost to produce the actual report will be for staff,  
          or outside consultants to put together the first report,  
          adhering to the provisions of the bill. 











          The first report will set up the framework for all subsequent  
          reports, since the required reports ask for rates instead of  
          analysis of recidivism trends. Once the first report is created,  
          subsequent reports could consist of updating numbers for the  
          approximately 1,400 wards under the purview of DJJ. Subsequent  
          reporting costs will be significantly lower, but will still  
          require some amount of staff time from both DJJ staff and Adult  
          Institution staff, since the bill's definition of recidivism  
          includes adult convictions that occur within three years of  
          release from a DJJ facility.