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3. <br />3.1 JUVENILE DETENTION COSTS (SB 1322 & HB 1279) <br />Background.• In 2004, the Legislature enacted statutes requiring joint financial participation by the <br />state and,counties in the provision of juvenile detention. The statute makes counties responsible for all <br />pre-dispositional detention costs, while the QJ is responsible for post-dispositional detention costs, <br />costs for detention care in fiscally constrained counties, and costs for the detention of out-of-state <br />youths. The DJJ's apportionment of costs has been a source of administrative litigation by counties, <br />with some counties disputing the DJ)'s rules and interpretation of the financial apportionment statutes. <br />Legislation: For Fiscal Year 2016-2017, each non -fiscally restrained county will pay its proportional <br />share of $42.5 million. Beginning in the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 and for every fiscal year thereafter, non - <br />fiscally constrained counties are required to annually pay a total of 50 percent of the total shared deten- <br />tion costs for the prior, calendar year. If this legislation becomes law, all of the litigating counties have <br />agreed toy dismiss their individual cases against the Department of Juvenile Justice with prejudice. <br />Effective: On March 29, 2016, this legislation was signed into law by the Governor. This legislation is <br />effective upon becoming law. <br />5 17 <br />