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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05211996 - C26 k TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR '�- Costa County DATE: May 15, 1996 SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 2078 (Costa) PLACING ON THE BALLOT THE LOCAL JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES BOND ACT OF 1996 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: ADOPT a position in SUPPORT of SB 2078 by Senator Jim Costa which would place on the ballot a bond act in an unspecified amount to construct juvenile justice facilities, but also REQUEST that the amount of the bonds be set at at least $500 million. BACKGROUND: On April 16, 1996, the Board of Supervisors voted to support SB 2078 by Senator Costa. At that time, the bill only expressed a legislative intent to place on the ballot a bond measure to construct juvenile justice facilities. The bill has now been amended to include specific language on the bond measure. The only thing which is missing is the dollar amount of the bond measure. In view of the Board's previous position on the need to construct juvenile facilities, it is recommended that the.Board support SB 2078 as amended April 8, 1996, but also ask Senator Costa to insure that the amount of the bond measure is at least $500 million. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON May 21, 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. County Administrator County Probation Officer May 21 1996 The Honorable Jim Costa ATTESTED �' Contacgenator, 16th District PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: Room 2054, State Capitol Ad P S AND COUNTY ISTRAT Sacramento, CA 95814 Les Spahnn; Heim, Noack, Kelly&Spahnn 1121 L Street, Suite 100B Y Sacramento, CA 95814 4- --- f - George Roemer, Senior Deputy County Administrator ofn AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL, 8, 1996 SENATE BILL No. 2075 r, Introduced by Senator Costa February 23, 1996 An aet rely to juveeilesy ant-Al tte eff-g-ertey An act to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2100) to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to financing the construction oflocal juvenile justice facilities by providing the funds necessary therefor through the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and by providing for the handling and disposition of those funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 2078, as amended, Costa. Juvenile offenders: facilities: bonds. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to commit any minor who has been adjudged a ward of the court on the basis of criminal conduct to specified local juvenile facilities. Pais bill wattid smote the intent e€ the y=gis e}„~-e to piftee a hem feetsure ee the ballet itt 499 feT-the pur-pe-se e€ feT- ceixstizie r-eEaede4inge€leea! f4eilities fef gte t...,,,t..... ft, w ehetbilit tief J , ftftd per of jttveeile err,...,a e . This bill would enact the Local Juvenile Justice Facilities Bond Act of 1995 which, if adopted, would authorize, for purposes offinancing the construction oflocal juvenile j ustice facilities, the issuance, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of an unspecified amount of bonds. 98 I SB 2078 — 2 — The 2 — The bill would pro vide for submission of the bond act to the voters at the next statewide election In accordance with specified la w. This bill would declare that it would take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: fte yes. State-mandated local program: no. Thep eople of the State of California do enact as follows. 2 ft bettd feaser-e eft the ballet ift 4%6 4 reffiedeliftg 4 leeetl &eilities feT- the }-- at f 5 ,..i..abil tat a-ftd pullishffi of juveeile e ffen a 6 SEG. � 7 SECTION 1. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8 2100) is added to Division 2.5 of the Welfare and 9 Institutions Code, to read. 10 •a> 11 CHAPTER 3. LOCAL JUVEmLEJUSTICE FACILITIES BOND 12 ACT OF 1996 13 14 Article 1. General Provisions 15 , 16 2100. This chapter shall be known and may be cited 17 as the Local Juvenile Justice Facilities Bond Act of 1996. . 18 2101. The Legislature Ends and declares all of the 19 following. 20 It is th e in ten t of th e Legisla ture to pro vide fun ding for 21 the capital construction of local facilities for the 22 treatment, rehabilitation, and punishment of juvenile 23 offenders. Counties do not have sufficient options for 24 providing a continuum of care for juvenile offenders that 25 provides options for all of the following. 26 (a) Effecting swift, certain, and effective correctional 27 treatment and penalties for all juvenile offenders. 28 (b) Treating offenders whose criminality results from 3- 29 29 substance abuse or mental disorders. 30 (c) Requiring community service when appropriate. 98 ti — 3 — SB 2078 1 (d) Ensuring appropriate supervision in secure and 2 nonsecure settings. th 3 (e) Promoting integrated service provisions for 4 governmental and community-based organizations. ct 5 (f) Providing alternatives to commitment to the 6 Youth Authority. 's• 4 7 Funds from this bond measure shall be allocated based 8 on counties, or groups of counties acting together, 9 demonstrating that funds will be used to develop facilities s. 10 that implement a continuum of care for juvenile 11 offenders. ee 12 2102. As used in this chapter, the following terms have 13 the following meanings. 14 (a) "Committee" means the 1996 Local Juvenile 15 Justice Facilities Bond Finance Committee created 16 pursuant to Section 2117. 17 (b) "Fund" means the 1996 Local Juvenile Justice on 18 Facilities Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 2105. ,id 19 f 20 Article 2. Program 21 9 22 2105. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant 23 to this chapter shall be deposited in the 1996 Local 24 Juvenile Justice Facilities Bond Fund, which is hereby 25 created. `.._ 26 2106. (a) Moneys in the fund may be a vailable for the ed 27 construction, reconstruction, remodeling, and 96. 28 replacement of local facilities for the treatment, `he 29 rehabilitation, and punishment ofjuvenile offenders. 30 (b) Expenditure shall be made only if county far 31 matching funds, as determined by the Legislature, are he 32 provided, except that this requirement maybe modified rile ,.: , 33 or waived by the Legislature where it determines that it for 34 is necessary to facilitate the expeditious and equitable 'gat 35 construction of state and local correctional facilities. 36 2107. In order to be eligible to receive funds for the real 37 purposes specified in Section 2106 derived from the 38 issuance of bonds under this chapter, a county shall do all Orn ' 39 of the following: te. 98 98 SB 2078 — 4 — I 4 -1 a The count ora group of actin together, (`) y� g p g �" , . 2 shall establish a Juvenile Justice Planning Task Force 3 `�h ose m errs bership sh all iii cl u d e one repl-esen to ti ve each 4 from the probation department, the district attorney's 5 office, the sheriff's department, the board of supervisors, 6 the county office of education, the department of social 7 services, the department of mental health, a 8 community-based drug and alcohol program, a citypolice 9 department, a school district, and a community-based 10 organization that works with youth. 11 (b) The task force shall develop a plan that identifies 12 the county- continuum of care model for prevention, 13 intervention, supervision, treatment, and incarceration 14 of juvenile offenders. The plan shall identify how the 15 county will maximize all funding sources (local criminal 16 justice, local social services, federal and state programs, 17 and education) for providing appropriate treatment and 18 rehabilitative services for offenders. The plan shall 19 identify the capital needs for fully providing the services 20 outlined in the countymode]. The plan shall also identify res the county will use to measure 21 the performance measu 22 the effectiveness of its programs. These performance 23 measures shall include reducing the rate of county 24 admissions to the Youth Authority. 25 2108. (a) (1) The highest level of state matching 26 funds shall be for capital expenditures that allow the 27 implementation of programs that provide fully 28 integrated services, maximizing the use of operational 29 funds already available to the county through probation, 30 local law enforcement, social services, mental health, 31 drug and alcohol abuse prevention, county office of 32 education, school districts, and community-based 33 providers. - 34 (2) Examples include, but are not limited to, the 35 following., 36 (A) Day treatment centers that provide school and all 37 other services in a single facility under the supervision of 38 the probation department or a law enforcement agency, 39 for 10 to 16 hour "days"during which time the offender 40 is effectively detained. J i 98 — 5 — SB 2078 erg, t 1 (B) Residential and nonresidential substance abuse °,ce 2 and mental health treatment facilities that allow the )ch 3 county to treat the underlying causes of criminal YS 4 beha viors. ITS, 5 (C) Specialized facilities that allow for the provision of �ial 6 services to proba tioners, in cluding cen ters for after school a 7 care and supervision, group homes and foster care ce 8 facilities designed especially for offenders, school-to-work ed 9 facilities, and community service centers. 10 (b) The lowest level of state matching funds shall be r'es . 11 for capital expenditures for "hard cell" detention )n, 12 facilities or other facilities that do not integrate services, on 13 such as juvenile halls. he 14 2109. The Juvenile Justice Financing Authority is ?al 15 hereby created in the Board of Corrections. The authority ,2s, 16 shall consist of The authority shall evaluate 7d 17 plans prepared pursuant to Section 2107, approve all 18 funding, and administer funds appropriated as specified �es 19 in Section 2106. Staff support to the authority shall be 20 performed by existing Board of Corrections staff. In re ,,. 21 addition, the authority may allocate any state and federal 12 22 juvenile justice grant funds that are appropriated to it by ty 23 the Legislature. 24 2110. Money in the fund may only be expended for �g ,5 25 projects specified in this chapter as allocated in �e '` ' __�' 26 appropriations made by the Legislature. YY 27 tal 28 Article 3. Fiscal Provisions 12, 29 1?, 30 2115. Bonds in the total amount of dollars Of 31 ($ ), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be =d 32 issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying 33 out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to be used 34 to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense 35 Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the X11 36 Government Code. The bonds shall, when sold, be and Of 37 constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of Y, 38 California, and the full faith and credit of the State of 11. 39 California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of 98 98 SB 2078 — 6 — I 6 —I both principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the 2 principal and Interest become due and payable. 3 2116. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be 4 prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as 5 provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law 6 (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) ofPart 3 of 7 Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of 8 the provisions of that law apply to the bonds and to this 9 chapter and are hereby incorporated in this chapter as ' 10 though set forth in full in this chapter. 11 2117. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the 12 issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General 13 Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this 14 chapter, the 1996 Local Juvenile Justice Facilities Bond 15 Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of 16 this chapter, the 1996 Local Juvenile Justice Facilities 17 Bond Finance Committee is "the committee" as that 18 term is used in th e Sta to Gen era] Obliga tion Bon d La w. 19 The committee consists of the Controller, the Treasurer, 20 the Director of Finance, and the Director of the Youth 21 Authority, or their designated representatives. The 22 Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee. A 23 majority of the committee may act for the committee. 24 (b) Forpurposes of the State General Obligation Bond 25 Law, the Department of the Youth Authority is > 26 designated the "board. " 27 2118. The committee shall determine whether or not 28 It Is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized 29 pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions t 30 specified in Section 2106 and, if so, the amount of bonds 31 to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be 32 authorized and sold to carry out those actions 33 progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds 34 authorized to be issued be sold at any one time. 35 2119. There shall be collected each year and in the 36 same manner and at the same time as other state revenue 37 is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the 38 state, a sum in an amount required to pav the principal 39 of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty 40' of all officers charged by la w with any duty in regard to 98 - 7 — SB 2078 be " 1 the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and 2 every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum. as 3 2120. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the as 1w 4 Government Code, there is herebyappropriated from Of 5 the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes Of -,s 6 of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the his 7 following. 8 (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, as 9 and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this e 10 chapter, as the principal and interest become due and h he11 payable. ral12 (b) The sum which is necessary to carry out the WS ,2d13 provisions of Section 2121, appropriated without regard Of 14 to fiscal years. 15 2121. For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, ies 16 the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal rat 17 from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to W. 18 exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been ?rI 19 authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose rth 20 of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn he 21 shall be deposited in the fund. Any moneymade available A 22 under this section shall be returned to the General Fund 23 from money received from the sale of bonds for the nd is 24 purpose of carrying out this chapter. Is 25 2122. All money deposited in the fund that is derived 26 from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall tot 27 be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer ed 28 to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond ins 29 interest. ids 30 2123. The bonds maybe refunded in accordance with 31 Article 6 of th e Sta to Gen era] Obliga tion Bon d La w. >ns 32 2124. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, ids 33 inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds he 34 authorized by this chapter are not proceeds of taxes"as 35 that term is used in Article XIII B of the California ue 36 Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not he gal 37 subject to the limitations imposed by that article. 38 SEC. 2. Section 1 of this act shall take effect upon the too rt39 adoption by the voters of the Local Juvenile Justice A . 98 98 i SB 2078 — 8 — I 8 -1 Facilities Bond Act of 1996, asset forth in Section I of this 2 act. 3 SEC. 3. Section I of this act shall be submitted to the 4 voters at the next statewide election in accordance with 5 provisions of the Government Code and the Elections 6 Code governing the submission of statewide measures to 7 the voters. 8 SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, i > a 9 all ballots of the election shall have printed thereon and 10 in a square thereof, the words. "Local Juvenile Justice 11 Facilities Bond Act of1996, "and in the same square under 12 those words, the following in 8-point type: "This act 13 provides for a bond issue of dollars ( ) 14 to provide funds for the construction of local juvenile 15 justice facilities. " Opposite the square, there shall be left 16 .spaces in which the voters may place a cross in the 17 mannerrequired hyla w to indicate whether they vote for 18 or against the act. 19 Where the voting in the election is done by means of 20 voting machines used pursuant to la win the manner that 21 carries out the intent of this section, the use of the voting 22 machines and the expression of the voters' choice by 23 means thereof are in compliance with this section. 24 SEC. 5. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the 25 immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or 26 safety within the meaning of Article IV of the 27 Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts . 28 constituting the necessity are: 29 1-ft to enetet }trgetitly tieeded legislettieft feT- tke 4 30 pttrpase of plaeifig e3easttr-e eft 31 the ballet it 4-9% to ewe fitfidiiag fer the st -,t e =�„ 32 ftffd refedeki-fg of leeal faeilities fe+ale .,&f ,aers, 4 33 is et! tkftt gais azet take e&et _ 34 In order for the Local Juvenile Justice Facilities Bond 35 Act of1996 contained in Section I ofthis act to be included 36 on the November 5, 1996, statewide general election 37 ballot, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately. O 98