BILL NUMBER: SB 601INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act relating to corrections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 601, as introduced, Hancock. Corrections: prisons: budget accountability. Existing law provides for a system of prisons under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law authorizes the department to contract for provisions, clothing, medicines, forage, fuel, and all other staple supplies needed for the support of the prisons, as specified. Existing law requires the department to provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee operational and fiscal information, as specified, no later than January 10 of each year. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation addressing budget accountability and program accountability for prisons, parole, and juvenile offender operations, and to require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to issue a quarterly, publicly posted report detailing the department's budget by line items, and report on moneys spent for each line item. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation addressing budget accountability and program accountability for prison, parole, and juvenile offender operations, and to require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to issue a quarterly, publicly posted report detailing the department's budget by line items, and report on moneys spent for each line item.