Joint Committee on Appropriations — 2019
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| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice David Gilbertson, Unified Judicial System, made introductory comments and gave an over view of their budget. General Funds - $45,627,626, Federal Funds Expenditure Authority - $318,489, Other Funds Expenditure Authority - $10,229,374 with 585.2 FTE's. | |
| Representative Howard - question - Rural Attorney's Program, why do we need 32 permanent programs | |
| Representative Karr - question - why are they leaving those locations | |
| Presiding Judge Robin Houwman, Second Judicial Circuit - Explained reasons for another judge - Page 12 | |
| Distribution of State Court Caseload by Circuit, FY18 - Page 12 | |
| Population, 2nd Judicial Circuit, South Dakota, Lincoln & Minnehaha Counties- Page 13 | |
| Total Caseload, All Case Types, FY14/FY18 - Page 14 | |
| Senator Cronin - question - Explain the increase in cases | |
| Caseload since the last new circuit judge was added in FY16 - Page 15 | |
| Senator Cronin - question - your request is in the budget, is one judge enough, what is the plan moving forward | |
| Senator White - question - how many recidivism events have taken place to generate these kind of numbers | |
| Senator White - question - first time or seeing the same people | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - what accounts for the increase of cases | |
| Circuit Judge Joni Cutler - explained population increase and volume of crimes | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - is there a reason, delineate between Class 2 and Class 1 | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - why so many people have contested citations and arrests | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - what kind of outcome can we look at for adding new position | |
| Senator Nesiba - question - how has increase in violence affected the workload | |
| Representative Saba - question - regarding funding increase for monitoring homeless people | |
| Representative Saba - question - prior to electric monitoring devices, is this a cost saving measure also | |
| Representative Saba - question - will we see more electronic analysis of what's going on | |
| Representative Karr - question - backlog custody cases are priority | |
| Representative Karr - question - elaborate on backlog time | |
| Representative Karr - question - approximately 2-3 months, impact on families | |
| Representative Karr - question - by adding judge this will shorten time, what is the goal of shortening the backlog | |
| Representative Koth - question - understand time constraint, is there any cost saving by adding another judge to shorten time, save money in other areas | |
| Representative Koth - question - any way to quantify, specific dollars we might save | |
| Representative Karr - question - touched on shortening time of backlog, what is ideal time to deal with these situations | |
| Felony Case Filings - Page 16 | |
| Representative Karr - question - will we realize an impact by adding one judge | |
| Senator Cronin - question - new governor, new legislature, why just request one judge | |
| Representative Bartels - question - does Minnehaha and Lincoln County have space for a new judge | |
| Representative Bartels - question - space for 4 new judges | |
| Chief Justice - balance of what you need that we ask for, asking for one judge this year | |
| Greg Sattizahn, State Court Administrator, problem solving courts - Page 18 | |
| DUI Court Funding Swap - Page 19 | |
| Brown and Meade County DUI Court - Page 20 | |
| Chief Justice - still a substantial savings to the state of South Dakota | |
| Representative Howard - question - seeing a reduction in DUI's | |
| Representative Howard - question - frustration on part of tax payers, could you combine for cost savings | |
| Combined court in other areas - Page 18 | |
| Representative Howard - question - on problem solving coordinator, is this one person, where are they stationed, what do they do | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - indicated decrease in federal dollars, reallocating to different project | |
| Representative Gross - question - other programs federal funded that are at risk | |
| 1.8 FTE's - move existing part-time positions to full-time - Page 21 | |
| Representative Karr - question - touch on where those dollars are coming from | |
| Representative Karr - question - reversion, what is budgeted that you weren't utilizing | |
| Representative Bartels - question - on the million dollars, how much is from vacancies or how much is for lower salaries or undesignated | |
| Classification and Compensation - Page 22 | |
| Cost by Classification - Page 23 | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - 10.2% below market, what is the market you're looking at | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - how many people are in each of these categories | |
| Aaron Olson will provide info to staff | |
| Senator Sutton - question - how many are part-time, how many part-time are working more hours than normal - Aaron Olson will provide breakdown | |
| Senator Sutton - question - because of pay rate, how many need to increase their hours | |
| Workforce Information FY18 - Page 24 | |
| Court Automation Fund (CAF) - Page 25 | |
| Condition Statement - Page 27 | |
| Rural Attorney Recruitment Program - Page 28 | |
| Map - Page 29 | |
| $150,000 to continue program - Page 30 | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - Court Automation Fund, please break out what other dollars are going to other departments and provide to staff | |
| Senator Sutton - question - who pays for interpreters | |
| Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General, made introductions and presented the FY20 Budget, General Funds - $11,877,948, Federal Funds Expenditure Authority - $4,000,987, Other Funds Expenditure Authority - $11,638,623 with 101.5 FTE's | |
| Overall budget - Page 2, slide 1 | |
| Breakdown of budget - Page 3, slide 2 | |
| Questionable items in dispute - Page 4, slide 3 | |
| Civil Litigation - Page 5, slide 4 | |
| Cases handled in FY18 - Page 6, slide 5 | |
| Civil Prisoner Litigation - Page 7, slide 6 | |
| Consumer Contacts - Page 8, slide 7 | |
| FY18 Tobacco Activities - Page 9, slide 8 | |
| 2018 Civil Division Summary - Page 10, slide 9 | |
| Notable Criminal Cases - Page 11, slide 10 | |
| Notable Criminal Cases - Page 13, slide 12 | |
| Notable Criminal Cases - Page 12, slide 11 | |
| Medicaid Fraud Control Unit FY18 - Page 14, slide 13 | |
| Appellate Division Briefs - Page 15, slide 14 | |
| Notable Appellate Decisions - Page 16, slide 15 | |
| Notable Pending Appellate Litigations - Page 17, slide 16 | |
| DCI Comparison - Page 19, slide 18 | |
| Controlled Substances, Meth stats - Page 20, slide 19 | |
| Senator Sutton - question - clarify map on meth labs - Page 21, slide 20 | |
| 2018 Methamphetamine - Page 21, slide 20 | |
| Drug Case Manager Program - Page 22, slide 21 | |
| Emerging Trends - Heroin, investigated cases - Page 23, slide 22 | |
| Representative Karr - question - on slide 21, E911 request | |
| Representative Howard - question - difference between technical services unit and drug task force, what is the overlap - Page 22, slide 21 | |
| Representative Howard - question - allow drug task force to work drugs, why technical services involved | |
| Emerging Trends - Fentanyl - Page 24, slide 23 | |
| Representative Howard - question - had incidences with contact with Fentanyl | |
| Emerging Trends - Fentanyl - Significant SFADTF Case - Page 25, slide 24 | |
| Internet Crimes against Children - ICAC - Page 26, slide 25 | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - working with other groups in SD | |
| Elder Abuse - Page 27, slide 26 | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - investigations, how many turned over to be criminal proceedings | |
| Elder & Disabled Adult Abuse trend - Page 28, slide 27 | |
| Officer Involved Shootings - Page 29, slide 28 | |
| Drug Control Fund - Distributed to Law Enforcement - Page 30, slide 29 | |
| DNA/Serology - Page 31, slide 30 | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - initial funding requested, what kind of outcomes were we anticipating | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - benchmark for turn around | |
| 2018 CODIS Hits - Page 32, slide 31 | |
| SAVIN - 2018 - Page 33, slide 22 | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - Medicaid Fraud Control, representative of all dollars, Medicaid is a combination of state and federal funds, if the match is returned at same rate - Page 14, slide 13 | |
| Kay McClain will get info to staff | |
| Representative Saba - question - Texting while driving is a misdemeanor, no points taken off driver's license, would it deter the crime if there were points taken off | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - Medicaid Fraud, break out who the abusers are | |
| Representative Gross - question - Consumer protection - where does the enforcement of that kind of law fit in to the AG's scope | |
| Representative Gross - question - does it take a formal complaint to initiate | |
| Senator White - question - consumer contacts from emails, phone system, is there something we can do to educate or bring other offices in to the consideration | |
| Senator White - question - with technology today, would hope someone can work between law enforcement and different agencies to address issues | |
| Senator Kolbeck - question - uninsured motorists, serious look to protect those people | |
| Senator Kolbeck - question - vehicle carries registration, furnish policy dates to treasurer, is it fraud if wrong info | |
| Senator Kolbeck - question - what is the penalty | |
| Representative Howard - question - drug control fund, negative balance | |
| Representative Howard - question - negative balance in drug control fund, is this an unusual occurrence | |
| Senator Partridge - question - drug control fund, revenue generated into funds and allocated out | |
| Senator Partridge - question - what is the process to distribute these funds | |
| Representative Bartels - question - transfer from local savings to other funds, how much in savings account | |
| Representative Bartels - question - maximum on savings account | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - input into budget, governor did not recommend, comments on prioritizing | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - upgrades to equipment on page 14, governor did not support | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - educate this committee on rentals sharing office space with Pennington County | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - describe separate offices then consolidated, give history | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - source of startup dollars, federal or general | |
| Representative Hunhoff - question - feds still supporting | |
| Representative Howard - question - clarification on page 13 budget brief, elder abuse task force analyst, one prosecutor and one investigator | |
| Representative Howard - question - expansion and workload for an additional analyst | |
| Representative Howard - question - who's currently handling this | |
| Criminal Justice Initiatives, Unified Judicial System, Department of Corrections, Department of Social Services | |
| Craig Sattizahn, Unified Judicial System, Juvenile Justice | |
| Youth on Probation and Violations Filed - Page 3 | |
| Reasons Discharged from Probation - Page 4 | |
| Recidivism numbers - Page 5 | |
| Senator Partridge - question - is it working, SB73 has worked | |
| Senator Partridge - question - overall, subunits working better together | |
| Senator Sutton - question - does this include mental health issues and what percentage | |
| Juvenile Justice Public Safety Improvement Act, Kristi Bunkers | |
| New Admissions - Page 7 | |
| Diversion Fiscal Incentive - Page 8 | |
| Representative Howard - question - what is series numbers and colors | |
| Average Length of Stay in Residential Placement - Page 9 | |
| Amount Paid to Providers for DOC Performance Based Contracts - Page 10 | |
| Aftercare Revocations - Page 11 | |
| Representative Gross - question - expand in-state paid group care, in-state residential treatment, state facilities, private facilities, what type of arrangements are involved | |
| Senator Sutton - question - maximum occupancy in group care | |
| Senator Sutton - question - age breakdown by facility | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - difference between 2 facilities, Falls Academy and Sequel Transition Academy | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - same location | |
| Senator Greenfield - question - what is the difference from what we have there and what we had previously out west | |
| Juvenile Justice Public Safety Improvement Act, Department of Social Services, Tiffany Wolfgang - Page 12 | |
| JJRI Services - Page 13 | |
| Referrals to JJRI Services by Source and Fiscal Year - Page 14 | |
| Clients Served by Program and Fiscal Year - Page 15 | |
| Budget Overview - Page 16 | |
| Key Takeaways - Page 17 | |
| Representative Gross - question - positive feedback from schools and neighbors | |
| Senator White - question - getting along with residential treatment centers, ability to staff and operate | |
| Senator White - question - place residents in Our Home in Huron | |
| Senator White - question - meeting your expectations as far as treatment, successful effort on both sides | |
| Senator White - question - being able to take as many people as you send | |
| Senator White - question - expecting a lot of treatment centers, is that two-way street comfortable between state and their expectations | |
| Public Safety Improvement Act, Craig Sattizahn | |
| Felony probation supervision in the community increased 20 percent since FY 2013 - Page 19 | |
| Judges deviated from presumptive probation 20 percent of the time in FY 18 - Page 20 | |
| The number of participants in the HOPE Probation program has grown since FY14 - Page 21 | |
| Problem Solving Courts - Page 22 | |
| Senator Partridge - question - do you foresee, or should we go back to look at Senate Bill 70 | |
| Public Safety Improvement Act, Department of Corrections, Kim Edson - Page 23 | |
| The prison population is below pre-PSIA 2012 performance goal - Page 24 | |
| The majority of people entering prison are nonviolent - Page 25 | |
| Detainments and Community Transition Program admissions are the most common prison admission - Page 26 | |
| The end of the year standing parole population increased 5.5%, The average agent caseload is increasing, but still below pre-PSIA levels - Page 27 | |
| Since the passage of the PSIA, parole has discharged a total 9,579 years of unnecessary supervision through earned discharge credits - Page 28 | |
| Senator Nesiba - question - incarcerated choose treatments | |
| Representative Gross - question - norm include everybody | |
| Public Safety Improvement Act, Department of Social Services, Tiffany Wolfgang - Page 29 | |
| Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBISA) - Page 30 | |
| Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) - Page 31 | |
| Budget Overview - Page 32 | |
| Key Takeaways - Page 33 | |
| Senator Partridge - question - R is Reconation, work for adults and save money | |
| Representative Saba - question - how much do you spend on telehealth services | |
| Will send info to staff | |
| Adjourned - Partridge/Greenfield | |
| Requesting additional judge for second circuit | |
| Request additional funding for drug and alcohol courts in Aberdeen and Pierre | |
| Senator Cronin - question - on your change in employee compensation | |
| Court Automation Fund - Page 26 | |
| Division of Criminal Investigation - Page 18, slide 17 | |
| REACH - Respond Educate Advocate Counsel Heal - Page 34, slide 33 |
