HB 2904 - DIGEST

     Requires that, for every dollar appropriated by the legislature after January 1, 1996, in the capital budget for the purpose of constructing new state-operated juvenile detention facilities, the legislature shall, in the operating budget, direct the state treasurer to transfer one dollar from the state general fund to the juvenile violence prevention account created in this act.

     Provides that only a program that is:  (1) Targeted at reducing risk factors associated with the entry of youth into the juvenile justice system;

     (2) a new program or an expansion of an already existing program; and

     (3) grounded in research and aimed at reducing these risk factors is eligible for funding from this account.