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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5388 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- FISCAL NOTES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Felix, Batista, Knight, Craven, Potter, Cruz, Casey, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Henries, Alzate, and Morales |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 03, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 22-12 of the General Laws entitled "Fiscal Notes" is hereby amended 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 22-12-6. Fiscal notes enhancing public safety and sensible fiscal policy; enactment of 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the SPEND Act. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) This act shall be known as the "sensible public safety enhancement and neutral fiscal 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | dispersement act", also known as (the "SPEND Act"). 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) Legislative intent. In promulgating this act the general assembly intends that the fiscal 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | notes prepared in connection with the applicable legislation contain the best and most reliable 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | information available so that it might make informed decisions regarding whether the legislation 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | under consideration enhances public safety and contains sensible fiscal policy. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) Before any measure is approved by a committee of the general assembly, the effect of 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | which is to create a new crime, increase the period of incarceration allowed or required for an 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | existing crime, or otherwise modify sentencing or state correctional policies, the state budget office, 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | consistent with the procedures set forth in this chapter, shall prepare a fiscal note describing the 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | fiscal impact that the measure, if enacted, would have on the state as well as on local cities and 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | towns, and if the measure would enhance public safety. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) In particular and to the extent practicable, the state budget office shall determine and 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | describe in the statement the following: 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) The fiscal impact on state and local law enforcement agencies, including an estimate of 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the increase in the anticipated number of arrests annually; 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) The fiscal impact on state and local courts, including an estimate of the increase in the 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | anticipated number of cases annually; 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) The fiscal impact on the office of attorney general, including an estimate of the increase 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | in the anticipated number of prosecutions annually; 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) The fiscal impact on public defense resources, including an estimate of the increase in 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the anticipated number of cases annually; and 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (5) The fiscal impact on state and local corrections' resources, including resources 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | supporting parole and probation supervision, and also including an estimate of the increase in the 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | anticipated number of bed-days to be used annually at both the state and local level as a result of 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the passage of the measure. For purposes of this section "bed-days" means the number of days of 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | anticipated incarceration or treatment in a residential facility. 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (e) The fiscal impact statement required under this section must describe the fiscal impact 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | that the measure, if enacted, would have on the state as well as on the local cities and town for ten 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (10) years, beginning on the effective date of the measure. 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (f) A state agency that prepares and submits to the state budget office fiscal impact 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | statements or related fiscal information applicable to a measure introduced before the general 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | assembly, the effect of which is to create a new crime, increase the period of incarceration allowed 18 |
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| 63 | 63 | | or required for an existing crime or otherwise modify sentencing or state correctional policies, shall 19 |
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| 64 | 64 | | describe the fiscal impact that the measure would have on the state agency for ten (10) years, 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | beginning on the effective date of the measure. 21 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 22 |
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| 73 | 73 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 74 | 74 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 75 | 75 | | OF |
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| 76 | 76 | | A N A C T |
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| 77 | 77 | | RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- FISCAL NOTES |
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| 78 | 78 | | *** |
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| 79 | 79 | | This act would require fiscal notes from the state budget office to determine the fiscal 1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | impact of new criminal legislation on state and local law enforcement agencies, courts, department 2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | of attorney general, defense resources as well as state and local corrections resources. 3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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