Division of Criminal Justice Services
The enacted budget makes the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 29, 2006):
- Reduces the maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Administration Program by $3 million to reflect the rejection of the proposed automated speed enforcement program
- Eliminates the $4.1 million federal appropriation for the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Account because the Legislature wants to spilt this appropriation between the Senate, Assembly, and Governor and cannot constitutionally change the language governing the appropriation themselves. The Governor would have to resubmit new appropriation language to accomplish this objective and restore the appropriation.
The Senate and Assembly made the following changes to the Executive Budget (analysis as of March 15, 2006):
Senate:
- Reduced the maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Administration Program by $3 million, reflecting the denial of the Executive’s proposal to implement an automated speed enforcement program.
- Reduced the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant appropriation in the Funding and Program Assistance Program by $4 million. The Report of the Senate Finance Committee indicates that it is the Senate’s intent to split this appropriation between the Executive, Senate and Assembly, but deleted the entire appropriation because of constitutional restrictions.
Assembly:
- Reduced the maintenance undistributed appropriation in the Administration Program by $3 million, reflecting the denial of the Executive’s proposal to implement an automated speed enforcement program.
The Executive Budget recommends (analysis as of January 25, 2006):
- An increase of 14 FTEs over the adjusted SFY2005-06 3/1/2006 FTE level, all added to the Funding and Program Assistance Program. The adjusted FTE level for SFY2005-06 reflects a net loss of 8 FTEs amidst movement of FTEs from one program to another and the fact that the Legislature rejected the merger of the Division of Probation and Correction Alternatives with DCJS. The Administration program had a net increase of 12 FTEs during SFY 2005-06 (from 70 FTEs to 82 FTEs). 41 FTEs in the Justice Systems Program, which is eliminated in SFY2006-07, appear to have been transferred into the Funding and Program Assistance Program, which had an increase of 53 FTEs (12 new FTEs in addition to the 41 FTEs moved from the Justice Systems program) during SFY2005-06. Other changes in SFY2005-06 28 fewer FTEs in the Operations and Systems Program; and 4 fewer FTEs in the Public Safety Program.
- A reduction of $14.9 million in the All Funds appropriation (-10.4%), reflecting a significant reduction ($40.3 million, -44.6%) in federal funding, partially offset by increases of $13.4 million (31.5%) in General Fund, and $12 million (112.7%) in Special Revenue-other funds.
- An increase of $3.01 million (76.7%) in Personal Service for the Administration Program, which probably reflects the 12 new FTE to be added to the program. However this is a very large increase to just fund 12 new FTE positions. This increase should be explained in statewide labor-management.
- A net increase of $1.3 million in the Maintenance Undistributed appropriation in the Administration Program. This reflects elimination of funding for the state match of the anti-drug abuse act (-$1 million), the state’s share of administrative costs of juvenile justice planning and program assistance (-$313,000), and the state’s share of the juvenile accountability incentive block grant program and local law enforcement block grant program (-$414,000), offset by a new $3 million appropriation for the proposed automated speed enforcement program.
- A net reduction of $37 million (-44.4%) in the Funding and Program Assistance Program including reductions in federal funds, particularly a $40.9 million reduction in the Miscellaneous Discretionary Account, partially offset by General Fund personal service funding (reflecting the shift of the Justice Systems Program into this Program). According to the Senate Finance Committee the $40.9 million decrease is due to the State not receiving in SFY 2005-06 an anticipated federal grant for the Traffic and Criminal Software system.
- An increase of $19.6 million in the Operation and Systems Program. This includes an increase of $6.5 million in nonpersonal services (90.9%), all of which is in contractual services. This should be questioned in statewide labor-management, as it suggests new contracting out. Special Revenue-Other funds also increase, by $12 million (130.4%), to fully fund major criminal justice technology initiatives including improvements to eJustice NY and the computerized Sex Offender Registry. According to the Assembly, an increase of $4.9 million is included in the budget for costs associated with storage of data through the Office for Technology, presumably part of this increase. The Assembly also attributes a $904,000 increase and14 FTEs to support the completion of criminal justice technology initiatives, which does not correspond with the reduction of FTEs in the Operations and Systems shown in the budget. This should be clarified at statewide labor-management.
- According to the Assembly, $3 million is appropriated to administer an Automated Speed Enforcement Program, pursuant to Article VII legislation, which will result in the issuance of nearly one million additional speeding tickets when fully implemented. This legislation will authorize the use of automated cameras at 20 work zones an 10 “dangerous stretches of highway” to reduce speeding.
Program Details-State Operations
Enacted
Proposed
Enacted
Change in
Percent
Program
2005-06 Budget
2006-07 Budget
2006-07 Budget
Appropriation
Change
All Funds
$143,459,000
$128,567,000
$121,467,000
($21,992,000)
-15.3%
General Fund
$42,499,000
$55,907,000
$52,907,000
$10,408,000
24.5%
Special Rev-Federal
$90,310,000
$50,010,000
$45,910,000
($44,400,000)
-49.2%
Special Rev-Other
$10,650,000
$22,650,000
$22,650,000
$12,000,000
112.7%
Administration
$13,031,000
$18,215,000
$15,215,000
$2,184,000
16.8%
Personal Service
$3,935,000
$6,953,000
$6,953,000
$3,018,000
76.7%
Nonpersonal Service
$6,860,000
$7,762,000
$7,762,000
$902,000
13.1%
Maintenance Undistributed
$2,236,000
$3,500,000
$500,000
($1,736,000)
-77.6%
Funding/Program Assist.
$83,310,000
$46,289,000
$42,189,000
($41,121,000)
-49.4%
Personal Service
$0
$3,130,000
$3,130,000
$3,130,000
100.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$0
$149,000
$149,000
$149,000
100.0%
Special Revenue-Federal
$82,810,000
$42,510,000
$38,410,000
($44,400,000)
-53.6%
Special Revenue-Other
$500,000
$500,000
$500,000
$0
0.0%
Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Account - (SRF)
$0
$4,100,000
$0
$0
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant Account - (SRF)
$3,200,000
$1,200,000
$1,200,000
($2,000,000)
-62.5%
Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Formula Account - (SRF)
$2,250,000
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
($250,000)
-11.1%
Miscellaneous Discretionary Account - (SRF)
$71,110,000
$30,210,000
$30,210,000
($40,900,000)
-57.5%
Violence Against Women Discretionary Account - (SRF)
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$0
0.0%
Anti-Terrorism & Effective Death Penalty Account - (SRF)
$1,000,000
$0
$0
($1,000,000)
-100.0%
Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Program Discretionary Account - (SRF)
$250,000
$0
$0
($250,000)
-100.0%
Gifts & Bequests Acct (SRO)
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$0
0.0%
CJS - Conference & Signs Acct (SRO)
$300,000
$300,000
$300,000
$0
0.0%
Justice Systems
$2,542,000
$0
$0
($2,542,000)
-100.0%
Personal Service
$2,393,000
$0
$0
($2,393,000)
-100.0%
Nonpersonal Service
$149,000
$0
$0
($149,000)
-100.0%
Public Safety
$4,577,000
$4,450,000
$4,450,000
($127,000)
-2.8%
Personal Service
$3,249,000
$2,922,000
$2,922,000
($327,000)
-10.1%
Nonpersonal Service
$378,000
$578,000
$578,000
$200,000
52.9%
Special Revenue-Other
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$0
0.0%
Operation and Systems
$39,999,000
$59,613,000
$59,613,000
$19,614,000
49.0%
Personal Service
$16,101,000
$17,169,000
$17,169,000
$1,068,000
6.6%
Nonpersonal Service
$7,198,000
$13,744,000
$13,744,000
$6,546,000
90.9%
Special Revenue-Federal
$7,500,000
$7,500,000
$7,500,000
$0
0.0%
Special Revenue-Other
$9,200,000
$21,200,000
$21,200,000
$12,000,000
130.4%