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DIVISION OF PAROLE (Summary) View Details

		Adjusted Appropriation 2003-04	Executive Request 2004-05	Change	Percent Change

AGENCY SUMMARY
	General Fund	182,711,000	178,965,000	(3,746,000)	-2.1%
	Special Revenue-Other	825,000	825,000	0	0.0%
	Special Revenue-Federal	500,000	500,000	0	0.0%
	Internal Service Fund	5,250,000	7,250,000	2,000,000	38.1%
Total for AGENCY SUMMARY:		189,286,000	187,540,000	(1,746,000)	-0.9%

* 2000-01 through 2002-03 reflect enacted appropriations. * 2003-04 and 2004-05 reflect Executive recommended appropriations.

ALL FUNDS PERSONNEL BUDGETED FILL LEVELS
Fund	Current 2003-04	Requested 2004-05	Change

General Fund:	2,130	2,089	(41)
TOTAL:	2,130	2,089	(41)

Budget Highlights

The Division of Parole is responsible for monitoring and supervising nearly 63,000 parolees who have been released from the State’s prison system as a result of Parole Board action or by conditional release. Parole operations occur in the community and within State correctional facilities.

The Division of Parole is included in the Public Protection and General Government appropriation bill.

State Operations

The Executive recommends an All Funds State Operations appropriation of $144,942,000 which represents a $1,617,000 decrease from State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2003-04. The decrease is attributed to the following Executive actions:

A $1,400,000 reduction resulting from the attrition of 26 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions due to the enactment of the Merit Termination of Sentence Program for parolees with no history of violence;

A $185,000 reduction from the attrition of 15 clerical positions due to the Division’s participation in a technology initiative; and

A $176,000 reduction in non personal service costs related to the extension of the period to return out- of-state parole violators to New York State.

The Executive proposal includes an additional $144,000 to reflect the actual cost of continuing current programs and to accommodate salary and fixed costs increases.

Aid to Localities

The Executive recommends an All Funds Aid to Localities appropriation of $42,598,000, which represents a decrease of $129,000 from SFY 2003-04. General Fund support is decreased by $2,129,000 to reflect a $1,656,000 decrease resulting from reduced periods of housing parole violators in local jails and a $473,000 reduction in drug treatment contracts.

These decreases in Aid to Localities appropriations are offset by a $2,000,000 increase to the Neighborhood Work Project, a vocational training program.

Article VII

The Executive proposes Article VII legislation that would:

Extend the period of time when the Division of Parole can process a parole violation warrant for certain out-of-state parole violators from 5 days to 10 days; and

Clarify when the Division of Parole is responsible for reimbursing local jails for housing a presumptively released, paroled or conditionally released violator.

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