Fiscal Research Division _ Justice and Public Safety
Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee
FY 2012-13 Budget Highlights
Fiscal Brief October 2012
The North Carolina General Assembly House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety
(JPS) determine the budget for four State agencies: the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the Office of
Indigent Defense Services (OIDS), the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Actual and Enacted Expenditures and Receipts'
Actual
Actual
Actual
Enacted
FY 2009-10
FY 2010-11
FY 201 1-12
FY 2012-13
Expenditures
2,388,939,701
2,396,257,566
2,674,655,081
2,577,946,268
Less: Receipts
261,406,023
276,648,151
345,007,790
295,709,360
Net General Fund
Appropriations
$2,127,533,678
$2,119,609,415
$2,329,647,291
$2,282,236,908
Positions (FTE)
31,128.1
31,823.8
32,904.6
32,853.5
1 Department or Division level budget and FTE information is provided in tables at the end of this budget brief.
Budget Overview
The enacted FY 2012-13 Net General Fund
Appropriation for the Justice and Public Safety
Subcommittee Agencies is $2.3 billion. This is a
reduction of 1.77 percent from the FY 2012-13
Certified Budget. The General Fund Appropriation
funds 32,853.5 full-time equivalent positions (FTE).1
The chart below shows the subcommittee budget by
agency.
JPS Net General Fund Appropriation
FY 2012-13
$2.3 Billion
Does not reflect positions that may be eliminated as part of
management flexibility reserves.
S.L. 2012-142, Modify 201 1 Appropriations Act (H.B.
950), as amended by S.L. 2012-145, Modifications/
2012 Appropriations Act Corrections (S.B. 187),
appropriates $2.3 billion for the four Justice and
Public Safety (JPS) agencies. Legislative adjustments
to the FY 2012-13 budget for JPS agencies reduced
spending by $41.2 million. The Joint Conference
Committee Report included language authorizing the
creation of probation/parole positions, management
flexibility cuts for three of the JPS agencies, closure of
a youth development center, and partial funding for a
contract extension for the Voice Interoperability Plan
for Emergency Responders (VIPER). The budget also
restored funding for the Family Court program in the
Administrative Office of the Courts and transferred
three programs to and from other agencies. This
Fiscal Brief provides a summary of the adjusted FY
2012-13 budget for JPS.
Probation/Parole Officer Positions
S.L. 2011-192, Justice Reinvestment Act (JRA),
increased the number of offenders eligible for post¬
release supervision, which may increase the
probation/parole caseload by more than 14,000
offenders. Section 14.2A of S.L. 2012-142, Modify
201 1 Appropriations Act (H.B. 950) authorizes the
Department of Public Safety (DPS) to reclassify
