South Carolina General Assembly

General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998

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28     SECTION 39 - N12 - JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF
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30          39.1.   (DJJ: Meal Ticket Revenue)  The revenue generated from sale of meal tickets by the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be
31     retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year by the agency and expended for the operation of the agency's cafeterias and food
32     service programs.
33          39.2.   (DJJ: Interstate Compact/Juvenile Restitution Programs Revenue)  The revenue returned to the Interstate Compact Program and
34     the revenue returned from the Juvenile Restitution Program shall be retained and carried forward into the current fiscal year by the Agency


SECTION 39 - N12 - JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF PAGE 457 1 and expended for the Operation of the respective program areas. 2 39.3. (DJJ: Educational Funds Audit) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Education Finance Act, the South Carolina Department 3 of Juvenile Justice shall have its educational funds audited by the Office of the State Auditor pursuant to a schedule established by the 4 State Auditor, and said audit shall be sufficient to satisfy the timetable for audits required in Regulation 43175. 5 39.4. (DJJ: Children's Projects Revenue) Funds generated from the projects undertaken by children under the supervision of the 6 Department of Juvenile Justice may be retained by the Department and utilized for the benefit of those children. Such funds may be carried 7 forward into the following fiscal year. 8 39.5. (DJJ: Report on Children Detained Before Adjudication) The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice shall compile data 9 for one year following the effective date of an Act of 1990 passed pursuant to Senate Bill 1485, and that data must reflect the total number 10 of children detained before adjudication, the reasons for those detentions, the average length of those detentions, the percentage of children 11 needing treatment services, and the types of treatment services needed including, but not limited to, the number of children needing mental 12 health services and the number of children needing alcohol and drug abuse treatment. This data must be reported on a quarterly basis to 13 the Joint Legislative Committee on Children. 14 39.6. (DJJ: Revenues Generated) All revenues generated from USDA federal grants, the Education Finance Act (EFA), the Detention 15 Center, and Medicaid federal funding may be retained, carried forward into current fiscal year, and expended by the Department of Juvenile 16 Justice, in accordance with applicable regulations, for the costs associated with these programs. 17 39.7. (DJJ: Instructional Salaries) The certified instructional personnel of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall receive a 18 percentage increase in their annual salary for the current fiscal year equal to the percentage allocated to the instructional personnel 19 throughout the State. 20 39.8. (DJJ: Juvenile Justice Parole Board Compensation) The Department is authorized to pay the Juvenile Justice Parole Board 21 member up to $200 per day for services rendered to the agency in the performance of their official duties. The total amount of agency 22 funds which can be utilized in this manner cannot exceed $48,000 per year. 23 39.9. (DJJ: Electronic Monitoring Program) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Juvenile Justice for community 24 corrections, other operating expenses, the Department may expend up to $666,667 for the creation of community electronic monitoring of 25 juvenile offenders under the jurisdiction of the Department. In addition, before September 1, 1996, the Department shall develop and 26 submit a plan to the Senate Corrections and Penology Committee and the House Judiciary Committee identifying additional offender 27 populations to be placed on electronic monitoring and any necessary statutory revisions or additional funding required in order to fully 28 implement this plan. Offenders placed on electronic monitoring must be selected pursuant to criteria developed by the Department, and no 29 offenders may be placed on electronic monitoring unless the offender is in a population that is within the purview of the Department's 30 electronic monitoring authority. 31