0180: SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES (Date Completed: 5-9-11)

FY 2011-12 JUDICIARY BUDGET S.B. 180 (S-1): SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES

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House Bill is H.B. 4526

FY 2011-12 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriation	$256,973,300
House Changes to Senate-Passed:
1. Early Retirement Savings. Both the Senate- and House-passed budgets included $1.0 million in savings associated with the FY 2010-11 early retirement incentive package. The Senate-passed budget spreads these savings across the relevant lines, whereas the House-passed budget includes a single, negative line to reflect these savings.	0
2. New IDG from Corrections. The Senate-passed budget included a new interdepartmental grant from the Department of Corrections for the administration of a "swift-and-sure" sanctions pilot program. The House-passed budget did not include this IDG.	(1,000,000)
Total Changes	($1,000,000)
FY 2011-12 House-Passed Gross Appropriation	$255,973,300

FY 2011-12 JUDICIARY BUDGET BOILERPLATE HIGHLIGHTS

Changes from FY 2011-12 Senate-Passed:

1. Deprived and Depressed Communities. New House language requires the judicial branch to take all reasonable steps to ensure that businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for and receive private contracts. (House Sec. 222)

2. Judiciary Drug Court Grant. New House language specifies the parameters of additional federal funding that may be available to the Judiciary during FY 2011-12. In particular, the language references the potential availability of additional funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (House Sec. 311(5))

3. IDG from Corrections. The House-passed budget does not include Senate language setting the parameters of a new interdepartmental grant from the Department of Corrections for a "swift-and-sure" sanctions pilot program. (Senate Sec. 320)

4. State Appellate Defender Office Byrne Formula Grant. New House language provides that if Byrne Formula grant funding is awarded to the State Appellate Defender Office (SADO), SADO may receive and expend funding not exceeding $750,000 as an IDG from the Department of State Police for specified projects. (House Sec. 321)

Date Completed: 5-9-11 Fiscal Analyst: Matthew Grabowski This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations. hijud_ds.docx