Colorado Legislative Council Staff Fiscal Note
                             STATE
                         FISCAL IMPACT


Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsor(s):
LLS 15-0859
Sen. Garcia; Crowder
Rep. Navarro; Esgar 
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
February 18, 2015
Senate Judiciary
Kerry White (303-866-3469)


BILL TOPIC:    DOC TRANSFER OFFENDERS TO YOUTHFUL OFFENDER SYSTEM


Fiscal Impact Summary*
FY 2015-2016
FY 2016-2017


State Revenue




State Expenditures
                           Minimal. 
                See State Expenditures section.
                                
                                
                      FTE Position Change
                                
                                
                                
                                
                 Appropriation Required: None.
                                
          *    This summary shows changes from current law under the bill for each fiscal year. 

Summary of Legislation

     This bill allows the Department of Corrections (DOC) to transfer offenders ages 24 or
younger in the custody of the DOC into or out of the Youth Offender System (YOS). 

Background

     Under current law, a youthful offender must have been under the age of 19 at the time of
the crime and under the age of 21 at the time of sentencing and directly sentenced to the YOS in
order to be placed within a YOS facility operated by the DOC.  The YOS is capped statutorily at 256
beds and currently has an average daily population of below 200.  An offender may be housed in
the YOS until he or she turns 24. 

State Expenditures

     This bill may incrementally increase or decrease expenditures in the DOC by a minimal
amount. The bill does not affect the total number of beds allocated to youthful offenders, but allows
DOC management to transfer eligible offenders between a prison and a YOS facility when it deems
appropriate.  The DOC already transfers offenders between adult prisons for management
reasons.  For this reason, the fiscal note assumes that administrative workload will not increase
and that any incremental increases or decreases between the daily rate between a YOS facility and
a DOC facility are minimal and will not require any adjustments in appropriations.

Effective Date

     The bill takes effect August 5, 2015, if the General Assembly adjourns on May 6, 2015, as
scheduled, and no referendum petition is filed.

State and Local Government Contacts

     Corrections