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, to make an appropriation
therefor, and declare an emergency.
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 thousand dollars ($200,000), 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 7. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
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, to make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.
Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), 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 7. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
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, to make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.
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I certify that the attached Act originated in the
SENATE as Bill No. 75
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Secretary of the Senate ____________________________
President of the Senate
Attest:
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Secretary of the Senate
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Attest:
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Chief Clerk
Senate Bill No. 75 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
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Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
By _________________________ |
