Appropriates $51,402,600 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 412.

This bill appropriates $51,402,600 to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for FY 2017 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 412.00. The bill includes funding for the employer's share of increased benefit costs, inflationary adjustments, replacement items, and accounts for decreases in statewide cost allocation. It provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and funds the 27th payroll. Line items include: $73,700 and 1.00 FTP for a clinician position; 1.00 FTP and the transfer of $42,100 in operating expenditures to personnel costs to fund a maintenance craftsman position; $25,300 for POST training; $6,600 for a personnel cost shortfall associated with 1.50 FTP; a net-zero program transfer of $50,000 for the Community Incentive Program; a net-zero program transfer of $55,000 for additional POST training; $14,100 for travel costs; and the reduction of $900,000 from the Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program to align the agency's budget with program needs.