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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 322
Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Senator Clyde Chambliss
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 04/30/2024
Senate Bill 322 as reported by the Committee on Ways and Means General Fund would
increase the obligations of the Department of Corrections (DOC) by a department estimated
$1.5 million dollars annually to: (1) employ administrators to oversee operations and
management of DOC facilities; and (2) employ 15 exempt employees to establish constituent
services for DOC. This bill provides that these positions would be exempt from the State Merit
System and that the DOC commissioner would appoint these personnel and set their
compensation, not to exceed that of the commissioner.
This bill would also further increase the obligations of DOC by an undetermined amount
dependent on the compensation established by the commissioner for the two additional deputy
commissioners that may be appointed, and whose salary would be set, by the commissioner, as
provided by this bill.
Further this bill would increase the obligations of the Department of Examiners of Public
Accounts, by an undetermined amount, to hire an additional staff member exempt from the State
Merit System to assist in the operations of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee and provide
oversight to the Board.