FY 2016 Appropriation

The Extraditions program is responsible for paying the travel-related costs of prisoner extraditions from other states to Utah. Such payments are authorized by law and typically include travel, lodging, and meals for the officers and the prisoner. The officers' salaries are paid by the jurisdiction requesting the extradition.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $376,600 from all sources for Extraditions. This is a 17 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $340,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 0.3 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

The three performance measures shown here are used to administer the extraditions account. They are used to track expenditures, plan, and make requests to the Legislature. They indicate total cost to the State for felony extraditions.

Paid Extraditions

This is a workload measure that reflects the number of extraditions referred to and processed by CCJJ.

CCJJ number of extraditions

Average Costs Per Extradition

This measure reflects the total average costs to CCJJ for each extradition.

CCJJ average costs per

Total Dedicated Credits

This measure reflects the value of dedicated credits collected by CCJJ. Dedicated credits are the amount of extradition costs reimbursed.

CCJJ dedicated credits extradition

Statute

Statutory authority for payment of extradition costs is located in UCA 77-30-24.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 6

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice in Item 19, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.


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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.