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S1318................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING ACCOUNT - Amends existing law to
increase the maximum amount which may be accumulated in the Peace Officers
Standards and Training Account.
01/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/23 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Sorensen
Floor Sponsors - Deide, Darrington
Title apvd - to House
02/18 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-1-1
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck,
Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs,
Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Stoicheff
Absent and excused -- Newcomb
Floor Sponsor - Bruneel
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 To enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19 Sp signed - to Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 150
Effective: 03/20/98
S1318|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1318 BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING ACCOUNT; AMENDING SEC- 3 TION 19-5116, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE 4 ACCUMULATED IN THE ACCOUNT AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AND DECLAR- 5 ING AN EMERGENCY. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 19-5116, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 19-5116. PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING ACCOUNT. (a) There is 10 hereby established in the state operating fund, the peace officers standards 11 and training account. All moneys deposited to the account shall be expended by 12 the peace officers standards and training council for the following purposes: 13 (1) Training peace officers, county detention officers, and self- 14 sponsored students, within the state of Idaho, including, but not limited 15 to, sheriffs and their deputies, officers of the Idaho department of law 16 enforcement and conservation officers of the Idaho department of fish and 17 game, and city and county prosecutors and their deputies.18; 19 (2) Salaries, costs and expenses relating to such training as provided in 20 subsection (1) of this section; 21 (3) Such capital expenditures as the peace officers standards and train- 22 ing council may provide, for the acquisition, construction and/or improve- 23 ment of a peace officers standards and training academy; and 24 (4) Such expenditures as may be necessary to aid approved peace officers 25 training programs or county detention officer programs certified as having 26 met the standards established by the peace officers standards and training 27 council. 28 (b) The peace officers standards and training account shall be funded as 29 provided in section 31-3201B, Idaho Code. 30 (c) All contributions and other moneys and appropriations which are des- 31 ignated for peace officers standards and training shall be deposited in the 32 peace officers standards and training account. 33 (d) Moneys received into the account as provided in subsection (c) of 34 this section, shall be accounted for separately. 35 (e) If the fiscal year-end balance in the account pursuant to section 36 31-3201B, Idaho Code, exceedsfive hundred fifty thousand37 one million dollars ($551,00 0,000) the excess 38 shall revert to the general account. 39 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 40 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 41 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Peace Officers Standards and Training fee, Idaho Code ยง 31-3201B was established
in 1983 with an assessment of $3.00 on most fines and citations. Also in 1983, a year-end
balance cap of $550,000 was placed on this account, which remains today. During that
time, the yearend balance has never exceeded $300,000 until FY96. As demands for
service and training have increased, POST appropriation has gone from $452,900 in FY84
to $1,259,700 in FY98. When POST Academy expanded the basic academy from seven to
ten weeks, and started the basic detention academy to meet the needs of Idaho Sheriffs,
the POST fee was raised $2.00 to its present fee of $6.00. Due to this increase, the
year-end balance exceeded $550,000 and for the first time, in FY97, an excess of $21,600
reverted to the general fund. This fiscal year, estimates show that POST will loose
approximately $105,000, which will not be available to help sustain the POST dedicated
fund in future years. If POST were to close FY98 with reverted appropriation balances,
which could help offset future year shortfalls, additional money will be lost. Also with the
loss of $106,000 this year, the year-end balance is estimated to drop to $251,400 in FY99
with continual decreases every year thereafter. Loss of this critical funding will force POST
to seek a fee increase much earlier than might be required if the $550,000 surplus cap is
raised. Training demands are steadily increasing, and POST is experiencing an increase
in basic academy enrollment from an average of 30 to 45 students in each session. County
Detention facilities are being added or enlarged throughout the state and many more
detention officers are in need of training. Law enforcement agencies will be facing a
dilemma shortly as estimates indicate 60% to 80% Of existing administrative and
supervisory staff will reach retirement age in the next five years. This will expand the
demand for training new supervisors, managers and administrators to fill these vacancies.
To help keep the POST account healthy and to save cities and counties money, POST
recently implemented a self-sponsored student program to allow men and women to pay for
their basic academy training. Money earned from this program could also be lost if this cap
is not raised.
FISCAL IMPACT
This bill will allow POST to save excess funds in the POST dedicated account up to
$1,000,000. This will help prevent the balance from depleting and should delay future fee
increases.
CONTACT
Michael N. Becar
Executive Director
Peace Officer Standards & Training
(208) 884-7250 S1318