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State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 |
| 765X0401 | SENATE BILL NO. 75 |
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Introduced by: Senators Tidemann, Cammack, Fiegen, Haverly, Jensen (Phil), Novstrup
(David), Omdahl, Otten (Ernie), Peters, Peterson (Jim), Rampelberg, Rusch,
Soholt, Tieszen, Van Gerpen, Vehle, and White and Representatives Hunhoff
(Jean), Anderson, Bartling, Bordeaux, Cronin, Deutsch, Dryden, Duvall,
Gibson, Greenfield (Lana), Hawley, Jensen (Alex), Killer, Munsterman,
Peterson (Kent), Rasmussen, Schoenfish, Soli, Solum, Willadsen, and
Zikmund
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to establish a grant program for adult community residential
services designed to reduce the risk of recidivism, to provide a report to the Legislature, and
to make an appropriation therefor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
There is hereby established the alternative care program to be administered by the Unified
Judicial System. The Unified Judicial System shall award grants to nonprofit entities within the
state of South Dakota that provide indigent adults with extended residential alternative care
programs designed to reduce the risk of recidivism. The grants shall be awarded for room and
board costs for South Dakota residents of the program with a maximum award of thirty dollars
per day per resident. Any grant award shall be distributed in quarterly installments.
Section 2. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 2. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
The Unified Judicial System shall initiate a request for proposal and publicize the
availability of the grant funding and any procedures for obtaining grants pursuant to section 1
of this Act.
Section 3. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 3. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
The recipient of any such grant shall prepare a report containing information on the results
and outcomes for program participants including: completion rates, termination rates, graduation
rates, and recidivism data. The report shall be submitted to the Legislature no later than
November 15, 2017.
Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Unified Judicial System to fund the grant program established in section 1 of this Act. For administration of the program, the Unified Judicial System shall retain four thousand dollars of the appropriated amount.
Section 5. The Chief Justice of the Unified Judicial System shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 6. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Unified Judicial System to fund the grant program established in section 1 of this Act. For administration of the program, the Unified Judicial System shall retain four thousand dollars of the appropriated amount.
Section 5. The Chief Justice of the Unified Judicial System shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 6. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
