Amendment S-5165 to HF 2559
Relating to appropriations to the justice system
Failed · May 23, 2022
Filed May 23, 2022 in the Senate by Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D)
What it changes
AI summary This amendment increases the funding amount by $1,000,000 and creates a new rule that this money must be used for grants to local police and sheriff departments for body cameras and community mental health advocates. It also ensures that any leftover grant money can be used in future years instead of being returned to the state's general fund.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 15, line 21, by striking “5,946,368” and inserting “6,946,368”
- Page 15, after line 22 by inserting: “a. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $1,000,000 shall be used by the department to award grants to municipal police departments and county sheriff departments for the following purposes: (1) For the purchase of equipment and training, the establishment of information storage and retrieval procedures and facilities, and other expenses properly related to initiating a program for peace officers to wear and operate body cameras while on duty in the community. (2) For recruiting, training, and paying a portion of the first-year salary and benefits of a community mental health advocate position within a municipal police department or county sheriff department. b. A municipal police department or county sheriff department may make separate applications for each of the two purposes specified in paragraph “a” to assist peace officers in identifying individuals who may be in need of mental health services and to facilitate the connection of such individuals to mental health providers. Grant awards may be made for up to $50,000 per grant awarded. The department shall allocate at least 30 percent of available funds for grants for each of the two purposes specified in paragraph “a”, provided that adequate qualified applications are received in each category. The department shall distribute funds as equitably as possible to achieve a balanced distribution of funds geographically within the state and among large and small communities. In the alternative, grant funds may be used by a police department or county sheriff’s department to pay the first-year costs of contracting with an outside agency to perform similar functions. -1- S 5152.4562 (2) 89 as/tm 1/ 2 c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any of the $1,000,000 allocated under paragraph “a” remaining on June 30 of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years.”