Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Public Safety for fiscal year 2027.
APPROPRIATIONS -- PUBLIC SAFETY -- Relates to the maintenance appropriation to Public Safety for fiscal year 2027.
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This is the FY 2027 Maintenance Appropriation for Public Safety. This bill includes appropriations to the Department Correction, Department of Juvenile Corrections, and the Idaho State Police. The appropriation includes standard adjustments for personnel benefit costs, statewide cost allocation, and a base reduction of up to 5%. The base reduction for the Department of Juvenile Corrections is 5% from the General Fund, includes an ongoing base reduction recommended by the Governor, and an additional 2% base reduction as passed by JFAC. The base reduction for the Department of Correction and for the Idaho State Police were as recommended by the Governor. The Idaho State Police and the Department of Correction were not subject to an additional base reduction beyond that recommended by the Governor.
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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2026 IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1361 BY FINANCE COMMITTEE AN ACT 1 RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO PUBLIC SAFETY; APPROPRIATING MONEYS TO THE DE- 2 PARTMENT OF CORRECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, AND THE 3 IDAHO STATE POLICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF AUTHO- 4 RIZED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS; EXEMPTING THE APPROPRIATION FROM 5 SPECIFIC PROGRAM TRANSFER LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 6 REPORTS; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS; AND 7 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to Public Safety the follow- 10 ing amounts to be expended according to the designated programs and expense 11 classes from the listed funds for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 12 2027: 13 FOR 14 FOR 15 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 16 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 17 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL (1) DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION: 18 I. MANAGEMENT SERVICES: 19 FROM: 20 General 21 Fund 22 $12,526,700 $16,230,700 $28,757,400 Inmate Labor 23 Fund 24 390,700 85,000 475,700 Parolee Supervision 25 Fund 26 346,200 132,300 478,500 Miscellaneous Revenue 27 Fund 28 1,351,000 397,400 1,748,400 TOTAL 29 $14,614,600 $16,845,400 $31,460,000 II. STATE PRISONS: 30 A. PRISONS ADMINISTRATION: 31 FROM: 32 General 33 Fund 34 $6,893,500 $3,620,800 $10,514,300 -- 1 of 12 -- 2 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Miscellaneous Revenue 5 Fund 6 400,600 161,400 562,000 Penitentiary Endowment Income 7 Fund 8 $160,000 160,000 Federal Grant 9 Fund 10 729,000 770,300 0 1,499,300 TOTAL 11 $8,023,100 $4,552,500 $160,000 $12,735,600 B. IDAHO STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - BOISE: 12 FROM: 13 General 14 Fund 15 $32,291,900 $4,457,300 $36,749,200 Inmate Labor 16 Fund 17 56,100 56,100 Miscellaneous Revenue 18 Fund 19 862,500 224,000 1,086,500 Penitentiary Endowment Income 20 Fund 21 0 1,235,200 1,235,200 TOTAL 22 $33,154,400 $5,972,600 $39,127,000 C. IDAHO STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER - BOISE: 23 FROM: 24 General 25 Fund 26 $31,156,600 $6,544,800 $37,701,400 Inmate Labor 27 Fund 28 19,000 19,000 Miscellaneous Revenue 29 Fund 30 0 382,300 382,300 TOTAL 31 $31,156,600 $6,946,100 $38,102,700 D. IDAHO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - OROFINO: 32 FROM: 33 General 34 Fund 35 $11,749,400 $1,968,900 $13,718,300 Inmate Labor 36 Fund 37 1,288,300 544,000 1,832,300 -- 2 of 12 -- 3 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Miscellaneous Revenue 5 Fund 6 96,900 67,200 164,100 Penitentiary Endowment Income 7 Fund 8 0 57,100 57,100 TOTAL 9 $13,134,600 $2,637,200 $15,771,800 E. IDAHO MAXIMUM SECURITY INSTITUTION - BOISE: 10 FROM: 11 General 12 Fund 13 $15,746,000 $2,379,900 $18,125,900 Inmate Labor 14 Fund 15 178,800 178,800 Miscellaneous Revenue 16 Fund 17 71,100 71,100 Penitentiary Endowment Income 18 Fund 19 0 22,800 22,800 TOTAL 20 $15,746,000 $2,652,600 $18,398,600 F. NORTH IDAHO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - COTTONWOOD: 21 FROM: 22 General 23 Fund 24 $7,271,000 $1,271,700 $8,542,700 Inmate Labor 25 Fund 26 49,600 49,600 Miscellaneous Revenue 27 Fund 28 66,500 114,200 180,700 Penitentiary Endowment Income 29 Fund 30 0 17,800 17,800 TOTAL 31 $7,337,500 $1,453,300 $8,790,800 G. SOUTH IDAHO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - BOISE: 32 FROM: 33 General 34 Fund 35 $12,535,600 $2,641,700 $15,177,300 Inmate Labor 36 Fund 37 4,387,200 992,900 5,380,100 -- 3 of 12 -- 4 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Miscellaneous Revenue 5 Fund 6 176,300 109,400 285,700 Penitentiary Endowment Income 7 Fund 8 0 24,700 24,700 TOTAL 9 $17,099,100 $3,768,700 $20,867,800 H. ST. ANTHONY WORK CAMP: 10 FROM: 11 General 12 Fund 13 $6,111,200 $823,100 $6,934,300 Inmate Labor 14 Fund 15 1,978,100 667,800 2,645,900 Miscellaneous Revenue 16 Fund 17 27,000 27,000 Penitentiary Endowment Income 18 Fund 19 0 21,900 21,900 TOTAL 20 $8,089,300 $1,539,800 $9,629,100 I. POCATELLO WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL CENTER: 21 FROM: 22 General 23 Fund 24 $8,379,600 $1,331,800 $9,711,400 Inmate Labor 25 Fund 26 627,400 162,600 790,000 Miscellaneous Revenue 27 Fund 28 342,600 120,400 463,000 Penitentiary Endowment Income 29 Fund 30 0 32,100 32,100 TOTAL 31 $9,349,600 $1,646,900 $10,996,500 J. SOUTH BOISE WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL CENTER: 32 FROM: 33 General 34 Fund 35 $5,583,100 $719,500 $6,302,600 Inmate Labor 36 Fund 37 175,500 175,500 -- 4 of 12 -- 5 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Miscellaneous Revenue 5 Fund 6 42,800 42,800 Penitentiary Endowment Income 7 Fund 8 0 9,000 9,000 TOTAL 9 $5,583,100 $946,800 $6,529,900 K. MOUNTAIN VIEW TRANSFORMATION CENTER: 10 FROM: 11 General 12 Fund 13 $7,372,500 $1,725,000 $9,097,500 Miscellaneous Revenue 14 Fund 15 0 150,000 150,000 TOTAL 16 $7,372,500 $1,875,000 $9,247,500 DIVISION TOTAL 17 $156,045,800 $33,991,500 $160,000 $190,197,300 III. COUNTY & OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT: 18 FROM: 19 General 20 Fund 21 $36,384,400 $36,384,400 IV. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS: 22 A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION: 23 FROM: 24 General 25 Fund 26 $30,384,600 $10,112,000 $1,000,000 $41,496,600 Inmate Labor 27 Fund 28 115,600 115,600 Parolee Supervision 29 Fund 30 7,449,100 1,826,600 9,275,700 Drug and Mental Health Court Supervision 31 Fund 32 388,100 27,200 415,300 Miscellaneous Revenue 33 Fund 34 396,100 396,100 -- 5 of 12 -- 6 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Federal Grant 5 Fund 6 0 595,300 400,000 995,300 TOTAL 7 $38,617,900 $12,676,700 $1,400,000 $52,694,600 B. COMMUNITY REENTRY CENTERS: 8 FROM: 9 General 10 Fund 11 $6,844,400 $92,500 $6,936,900 State-Directed Opioid Settlement 12 Fund 13 170,900 423,600 594,500 Inmate Labor 14 Fund 15 4,668,600 2,724,200 7,392,800 TOTAL 16 $11,683,900 $3,240,300 $14,924,200 DIVISION TOTAL 17 $50,301,800 $15,917,000 $1,400,000 $67,618,800 V. COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT: 18 FROM: 19 General 20 Fund 21 $1,946,000 $46,100 $1,846,500 $3,838,600 VI. MEDICAL SERVICES: 22 FROM: 23 General 24 Fund 25 $66,356,900 $66,356,900 Miscellaneous Revenue 26 Fund 27 135,000 135,000 TOTAL 28 $66,491,900 $66,491,900 (2) DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS: 29 I. ADMINISTRATION: 30 FROM: 31 General 32 Fund 33 $2,870,300 $1,508,800 $4,379,100 -- 6 of 12 -- 7 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Miscellaneous Revenue 5 Fund 6 0 16,400 16,400 TOTAL 7 $2,870,300 $1,525,200 $4,395,500 II. COMMUNITY, OPERATIONS, AND PROGRAM SERVICES: 8 FROM: 9 General 10 Fund 11 $1,731,100 $273,800 $7,094,300 $9,099,200 Juvenile Corrections 12 Fund 13 110,000 110,000 Juvenile Corrections - Cigarette/Tobacco Tax 14 Fund 15 4,375,000 4,375,000 Miscellaneous Revenue 16 Fund 17 327,000 327,000 Federal Grant 18 Fund 19 0 199,600 521,000 720,600 TOTAL 20 $1,731,100 $583,400 $12,317,300 $14,631,800 III. INSTITUTIONS: 21 FROM: 22 General 23 Fund 24 $31,544,300 $2,826,300 $2,553,500 $36,924,100 Miscellaneous Revenue 25 Fund 26 238,600 460,000 698,600 State Juvenile Corrections Center Endowment Income 27 Fund 28 1,073,800 1,073,800 Federal Grant 29 Fund 30 235,200 768,400 475,400 1,479,000 TOTAL 31 $31,779,500 $4,907,100 $3,488,900 $40,175,500 DIVISION TOTAL 32 $36,380,900 $7,015,700 $15,806,200 $59,202,800 -- 7 of 12 -- 8 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL (3) IDAHO STATE POLICE: 5 I. BRAND INSPECTION: 6 FROM: 7 State Brand Board 8 Fund 9 $3,581,500 $535,500 $4,117,000 II. DIVISION OF IDAHO STATE POLICE: 10 A. DIRECTOR'S OFFICE: 11 FROM: 12 General 13 Fund 14 $2,603,100 $190,500 $2,793,600 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 15 Fund 16 163,000 2,500 165,500 Peace Officers Training 17 Fund 18 187,900 187,900 Miscellaneous Revenue 19 Fund 20 4,300 73,300 77,600 Federal Grant 21 Fund 22 85,700 18,100 103,800 TOTAL 23 $3,044,000 $284,400 $3,328,400 B. CAPITOL PROTECTIVE SERVICES: 24 FROM: 25 General 26 Fund 27 $2,130,000 $338,800 $2,468,800 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 28 Fund 29 275,200 6,400 281,600 Miscellaneous Revenue 30 Fund 31 132,700 7,200 139,900 TOTAL 32 $2,537,900 $352,400 $2,890,300 C. INVESTIGATIONS: 33 FROM: 34 General 35 Fund 36 $9,785,500 $880,300 $10,665,800 -- 8 of 12 -- 9 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 5 Fund 6 1,285,800 29,100 1,314,900 Drug & DWUI Enforcement Donation 7 Fund 8 211,700 505,400 717,100 Miscellaneous Revenue 9 Fund 10 196,200 196,200 Federal Grant 11 Fund 12 154,200 658,500 $210,000 1,022,700 TOTAL 13 $11,633,400 $2,073,300 $210,000 $13,916,700 D. PATROL: 14 FROM: 15 General 16 Fund 17 $33,325,700 $4,933,600 $503,900 $38,763,200 Idaho Law Enforcement 18 Fund 19 679,100 64,500 743,600 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 20 Fund 21 4,013,900 115,000 4,128,900 Hazardous Materials/Waste Enforcement 22 Fund 23 633,100 79,900 $67,800 780,800 Miscellaneous Revenue 24 Fund 25 1,199,000 179,800 1,378,800 Federal Grant 26 Fund 27 3,708,400 1,121,400 0 4,132,200 8,962,000 TOTAL 28 $43,559,200 $6,494,200 $503,900 $4,200,000 $54,757,300 E. LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS: 29 FROM: 30 General 31 Fund 32 $160,700 $180,800 $341,500 Alcohol Beverage Control 33 Fund 34 1,945,300 528,500 2,473,800 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 35 Fund 36 303,100 5,600 308,700 Miscellaneous Revenue 37 Fund 38 4,600 12,500 17,100 -- 9 of 12 -- 10 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL Federal Grant 5 Fund 6 90,300 10,000 100,300 TOTAL 7 $2,504,000 $737,400 $3,241,400 F. SUPPORT SERVICES: 8 FROM: 9 General 10 Fund 11 $962,500 $3,249,900 $4,212,400 Alcohol Beverage Control 12 Fund 13 91,200 5,900 97,100 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 14 Fund 15 28,800 2,400 31,200 Idaho Law Enforcement Telecommunications 16 Fund 17 928,900 1,560,000 2,488,900 Miscellaneous Revenue 18 Fund 19 2,234,500 1,905,900 4,140,400 Federal Grant 20 Fund 21 47,000 85,800 132,800 TOTAL 22 $4,292,900 $6,809,900 $11,102,800 G. FORENSIC SERVICES: 23 FROM: 24 General 25 Fund 26 $6,134,500 $1,068,100 $7,202,600 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 27 Fund 28 522,000 22,900 544,900 Drug & DWUI Enforcement Donation 29 Fund 30 6,600 490,600 497,200 Miscellaneous Revenue 31 Fund 32 202,400 131,500 333,900 Federal Grant 33 Fund 34 1,338,000 1,972,500 3,310,500 TOTAL 35 $8,203,500 $3,685,600 $11,889,100 DIVISION TOTAL 36 $75,774,900 $20,437,200 $503,900 $4,410,000 $101,126,000 -- 10 of 12 -- 11 FOR 1 FOR 2 FOR FOR TRUSTEE AND PERSONNEL 3 OPERATING CAPITAL BENEFIT COSTS 4 EXPENDITURES OUTLAY PAYMENTS TOTAL III. PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING ACADEMY: 5 FROM: 6 Idaho Law Enforcement (Project Choice) 7 Fund 8 $35,000 $14,800 $49,800 Peace Officers Training 9 Fund 10 3,075,600 2,091,400 $155,900 5,322,900 Misdemeanor Probation Training 11 Fund 12 21,400 30,400 30,000 81,800 Miscellaneous Revenue 13 Fund 14 29,000 29,000 Federal Grant 15 Fund 16 37,500 221,200 0 258,700 TOTAL 17 $3,169,500 $2,386,800 $185,900 $5,742,200 IV. RACING COMMISSION: 18 FROM: 19 State Regulatory 20 Fund 21 $240,700 $172,400 $413,100 Pari-Mutuel Distribution 22 Fund 23 0 0 $30,000 30,000 TOTAL 24 $240,700 $172,400 $30,000 $443,100 GRAND TOTAL 25 $342,055,700 $200,223,900 $663,900 $23,678,600 $566,622,100 SECTION 2. FTP AUTHORIZATION. In accordance with Section 67-3519, 26 Idaho Code, each of the departments in Public Safety is authorized no more 27 than the following number of full-time equivalent positions at any point 28 during the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, unless specifically 29 authorized by the Governor. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee 30 will be notified promptly of any increased positions so authorized. 31 Department of Correction ...................................2,254.35 32 Department of Juvenile Corrections ...........................396.00 33 Idaho State Police ...........................................646.09 34 SECTION 3. EXEMPTIONS FROM PROGRAM TRANSFER LIMITATIONS -- DEPARTMENT 35 OF CORRECTION. The Department of Correction is hereby exempted from the pro- 36 visions of Section 67-3511(2), Idaho Code, allowing unlimited transfers be- 37 tween programs for all moneys appropriated to it for the period July 1, 2026, 38 -- 11 of 12 -- 12 through June 30, 2027; provided, however, moneys appropriated to the County 1 and Out-of-State Placement Program and the Medical Services Program may only 2 be transferred between said programs. Legislative appropriations shall not 3 be transferred from one fund to another fund unless expressly approved by the 4 Legislature. 5 SECTION 4. ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS. Funds specifically identified in 6 statute or in an appropriation act as intended for a certain purpose may 7 be used only for that purpose. Funds provided in this act are subject to 8 accountability reports and management reviews in accordance with Section 9 67-702, Idaho Code, provided the Legislative Services Office auditor has 10 sufficient resources to conduct those reports. State agencies that are 11 authorized to contract for outside audits shall submit those reports to the 12 Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee when those reports become avail- 13 able. 14 SECTION 5. CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS. Appropriations 15 made pursuant to this act are subject to the conditions, limitations, and re- 16 strictions specified in this act. 17 SECTION 6. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 18 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after 19 July 1, 2026. 20 -- 12 of 12 --
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