House of Representatives

HB 2365

county jail districts; juvenile facilities

Sponsors: Representative Flake, Senator Brown: Representative Cooley

X	Committee on Public Institutions & Rural Affairs
	Committee on Ways & Means
	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

HB 2365 eliminates the juvenile judge and the sheriff from the joint application to adopt a resolution authorizing a previously established jail district to acquire, construct, maintain and finance juvenile detention facilities. In addition, the bill provides election requirements and procedures necessary for the levying of property taxes and establishment of juvenile detention facilities within county jail districts prospectively.

History

Laws 1991, Chapter 269, section 6, allowed boards of supervisors to adopt a resolution that authorized, on joint application of the presiding juvenile judge and the sheriff, a county jail district to acquire, construct, operate, maintain and finance juvenile detention facilities, if a county jail district is already established. The resolution provides standard notification requirements and sets forth a date for a hearing. After the hearing, the board shall declare its findings, and if the public interest, convenience and necessity is served by authorizing juvenile detention facilities within an existing county jail district, a district-wide special election is called or the issue is placed on the ballot of a regular general election in the district.

Provisions

· Removes the joint application of the presiding juvenile judge and sheriff requirement on resolutions authorizing the inclusion of juvenile detention facilities in previously established county jail districts.

· Authorizes the district board of directors, after an election for community corrections tax for county jail districts that include juvenile detention facilities, to impose a tax or authorizes existing jail districts, after election approving the inclusion of juvenile detention facilities, to impose a tax.

· Requires jail districts to certify to county boards of supervisors on or before the third Monday in August each year the amount of taxes to be levied in addition to the county jail district ad valorem property tax.

· Allows boards of supervisors to levy a secondary property tax at a rate limited to fifteen cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.

· Specifies that the amount necessary to pay for the maintenance and operation expenses of the district in relation to juvenile detention facilities shall be the amount certified together with unexpended balances carried forward from the previous fiscal year and revenues from all other sources.

· Clarifies that taxes collected for juvenile detention facilities shall be deposited in the county jail district general fund and used solely for juvenile detention facilities.

· Requires taxes to be levied on all taxable property in the jail district.

· Makes other technical and conforming changes.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 January 29, 2001

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