LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 542 HLS 23RS 667
Bill Text Version: REENGROSSED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 19, 2023 1:43 PM Author: HUGHES
Dept./Agy.: Public Safety and Corrections; LCTCS
Subject: Criminal Justice Reinvestment Savings Allocations Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
BUDGETARY PROCEDURES RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note Page 1 of 2
Provides relative to criminal justice reinvestment savings
Current law requires the Department of Public Safety & Corrections (DPS&C) to calculate annual savings realized from criminal justice
reinvestment (CJR) legislation enacted in the 2017 RS. Current law directs DPS&C to allocate savings from CJR legislation at the end of
each fiscal year as follows - 15% to DPS&C for incentive grants to parishes, judicial districts, and nonprofit organizations, 10% to the
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) for competitive grants, and 45% to the Louisiana Community and Technical College
System (LCTCS) for educational and vocational training and recidivism reduction. Proposed law directs the DPS&C, beginning FY 25 (at
the beginning of each fiscal year) to transfer $5 M of CJR recurring savings allocated to DPS&C for targeted investment (in reentry
services, community supervision, educational and vocational programming, transitional work programs, and contracts with parish jails and
other local facilities that house state inmates for recidivism reduction) to the Board of Supervisors of LCTCS for deposit into the
Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund. Proposed law creates the Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund and repeals the current
law allocation of CJR savings to DPS&C (45%), which directs transfer to the LCTCS at the end of each fiscal year for targeted investments
in educational and vocational training aimed a recidivism reduction for adult and juvenile offenders.
EXPENDITURES 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW $0
Agy. Self-Gen. SEE BELOW $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total
REVENUES 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law creates the statutorily dedicated Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund and directs the DPS&C to transfer
$5M of CJR savings into the fund at the beginning of each fiscal year. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund
are required to remain in the fund at the end of the fiscal year and any interest earned credited to the fund.
Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Corrections Services
The Department of Public Safety & Corrections - Corrections Services (DPS&C-CS) reports that the proposed law will
decrease SGF expenditures in the DPS&C-CS. Proposed law changes the provisions relative to the continuous and recurring
allocation of savings recognized in prior fiscal years allocated to the DPS&C-CS for targeted investments (in reentry services,
community supervision, educational, and vocational programming, transitional work programs, and contracts with parish
jails and other local facilities that house state inmates) by directing DPS&C to transfer $5 M of savings realized each year
from CJR legislation to the Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund at the beginning (rather than at the end) of each year,
beginning FY 25.
DPS&C-CS states that under current law, it receives $10.675 M of Criminal Justice Reinvestment (CJR) dollars realized
through savings, of which $4.87 M would remain with the sheriff. The proposed legislation would require that DPS&C-CS
reallocate $5M to LCTCS for recidivism reduction programs. Thus, $5M would be lost by DPS&C-CS under proposed law and
transferred to a Statutory Dedication under LCTCS. Since passage of CJR legislation (Act 748 of the 2022 RS), DPS&C-CS
has not transferred any funding to LCTCS in accordance with current law. Thus, the LFO cannot corroborate any loss of
revenue to DPS&C-CS with proposed law’s enactment.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Proposed law will likely result in an increase in Statutory Dedication expenditures in the Louisiana Community and Technical
College System (LCTCS), to the extent that this measure mandates that DPS&C deposit into the Reinvestment in Offender
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REVENUE EXPLANATION
There is no anticipated direct material effect on governmental revenues as a result of this measure.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Evan Brasseaux
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Interim Deputy Fiscal Officer
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Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 542 HLS 23RS 667
Bill Text Version: REENGROSSED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 19, 2023 1:43 PM Author: HUGHES
Dept./Agy.: Public Safety and Corrections; LCTCS
Subject: Criminal Justice Reinvestment Savings Allocations Analyst: Daniel Druilhet
CONTINUED EXPLANATION from page one: Page 2 of 2
[CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 - EXPENDITURES]
Education Fund $5 M at the beginning of each fiscal year, beginning FY 25. The proposed law directs the LCTCS to utilize the
funding for post-secondary education and vocational training aimed at recidivism reduction for adult and juvenile offenders.
Any fiscal impact to the LCTCS is contingent on allocations made by the DPS&C through the proposed law’s establishment of
the Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund, and LCTCS expending those funds on recidivism reduction through vocational
and educational training.
Treasury
Proposed law creates the statutorily dedicated Reinvestment in Offender Education Fund. Creating a new statutory
dedication within the state treasury will result in a marginal workload increase for the Department of Treasury, which can
generally be absorbed within existing resources. However, to the extent other legislative instruments create new statutory
dedications, there may be material additional costs associated with the aggregate effort to administer these funds. The
Treasury performs fund accounting, financial reporting, banking and custodial functions for 436 special funds. When unable
to absorb additional workload with existing resources, the Treasury anticipates it will be required to add one T.O. position at
a total personnel services cost of approximately $78,000, plus approximately $2,450 for a one-time purchase of office
equipment. These expenditures are assumed to be SGR in this fiscal note.
Senate Dual Referral Rules House
13.5.1 >= $100,000 Annual Fiscal Cost {S & H} 6.8(F)(1) >= $100,000 SGF Fiscal Cost {H & S}
13.5.2 >= $500,000 Annual Tax or Fee Evan Brasseaux
6.8(G) >= $500,000 Tax or Fee Increase
Change {S & H} or a Net Fee Decrease {S} Interim Deputy Fiscal Officer


Statutes affected:
HB542 Original: 15:3(A)(2)
HB542 Engrossed: 15:3(A)(2)
HB542 Reengrossed: 15:3(A)(2)