217.022. Prison impact statements, required, when.
Prison impact statements, required, when.
217.022. 1. The fiscal note of any legislation introduced intoeither house of the general assembly that would affect the number ofpersons supervised by the Missouri department of corrections or affect anyprogram or service provided by the department shall be accompanied by aprison impact statement, as defined in subsection 2 of this section.
2. The department of corrections shall, in consultation with theoversight division of the committee on legislative research, prepare andfurnish prison impact statements. Such impact statement shall be providedto the legislative committee to which such bill is assigned prior toholding the public hearing on the pending bill, and to all members of thegeneral assembly prior to perfection of pending bill. A prison impactstatement shall include:
(1) Projections of the impact on prison, probation and parolepopulations;
(2) An estimate of the fiscal impact of such populations, includingthe need for construction and the operation of correctional centers for thecurrent fiscal year and up to ten succeeding fiscal years;
(3) An analysis of any other significant factors affecting the costof the measure and its impact on the operations of components of thecriminal justice system; and
(4) A statement of the assumptions and the methodologies utilized inpreparing the statement.
(L. 1995 H.B. 424 § 4)