NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative history, or the Session Laws. SENATE BILL 11-217 BY SENATOR(S) Hodge, Steadman, Lambert; also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ferrandino, Becker, Gerou, Waller. Concerning a reduction to the juvenile detention bed cap, and making an appropriation in connection therewith. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 19-2-1201, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: 19-2-1201. Juvenile detention bed cap. (1) For the fiscal year 2003-04 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2010-11, the number of available juvenile detention beds statewide shall be limited to four hundred seventy-nine. (2) For the fiscal year 2011-12 and each fiscal year thereafter, the number of available juvenile detention beds statewide shall be limited to four hundred twenty-two. SECTION 2. Appropriation - adjustments in the 2011 long bill. For the implementation of this act, appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, shall be adjusted as follows: (1) The appropriation from the general fund, to the department of human services, executive director's office, is decreased by ninety-two thousand two hundred sixty dollars ($92,260). (2) The appropriation from the general fund, to the department of human services, division of youth corrections, is decreased by nine hundred eighty-six thousand five hundred sixty-eight dollars ($986,568) and 8.3 FTE. SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. ____________________________ ____________________________ Brandon C. Shaffer Frank McNulty PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES ____________________________ ____________________________ Cindi L. Markwell Marilyn Eddins SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVED________________________________________ _________________________________________ John W. Hickenlooper GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO