HB 1543-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Establishes the family investment account to encourage spending on juvenile crime prevention programs to equal state increases in spending on confining juvenile offender rehabilitation facilities.

     Intends to improve outcomes for children and youth and prevent the continued deterioration of communities and the breakdown of families.

     Requires that on January 1, 1998, the state treasurer shall transfer money from the state general fund to the family investment account in an amount equal to any increase in capital and operating expenditures for the institutional services program of the juvenile rehabilitation administration in the department of social and health services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.

     Creates the family investment grant review team.