DATE: May 23, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Report of loss of revenue from AB 177 and allocation of funds
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively authorize and ratify the submittal by the Chief Probation Officer of a report to the State of California showing the loss of revenue resulting from the passage of AB 177; and
2. Authorize the allocation of backfill funds distributed to the County by the State of California for revenue loss due to repeal of certain administrative County fees, as required by AB 177, to the Probation Department ($2,090,630.55).
REPORT
AB 177 eliminated certain fees charged by counties to individuals arrested, prosecuted, or convicted of a crime. AB 177 requires a report be submitted by each county board of supervisors to the Director of Finance, the Legislative Analyst's Office, and the Joint Budget Committee of the State of California by May 1, 2023, showing the loss of revenue resulting from the passage of this legislation. To meet this deadline, the report was submitted to the State on April 28, 2023. Approval of the first recommended action retroactively authorizes the submittal of this report, to comply with the statutory deadline. AB 177 appropriated $25 million from the State General Fund (SGF) in the 2021-22 fiscal year to backfill revenue to counties due to local fees repealed by this act. In the 2022-23 fiscal year, and each year thereafter, $50 million from the SGF was appropriated to backfill revenue to counties. Based on the funding allocation methodology for distribution of these funds set forth by AB 199, Fresno County was allocated $696,876.85 for fiscal year 2021-22 and $1,393,753.70 for fiscal year 2022-23. A total of $2,090,630.55 of backfill funds was remitted to the County Treasurer on December 15, 2022. Approval of the second recommended action will allocate these backfill funds to the Probation Department. This item is countywide.
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