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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                          AB1890  (Rod Pacheco)
          
          Hearing Date:8/23/00            Amended:5/26/00        
          Consultant: Lisa Matocq         Policy Vote:Pub Saf 4-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: 
          
          AB 1890 requires the Department of Corrections (CDC) to  
          require inmates working outside the prison grounds on road  
          cleanup or fire crews to wear distinctive clothing.   

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           
          Major Provisions                 2000-01           2001-02              
           2002-03              Fund  
          
          Prisoner clothing                 Unknown costs, potentially $479  
          annually     General

          
          STAFF COMMENTS:  SUSPENSE FILE.  

          Thre are about 4,200 inmates who work on fire and road  
          crews each year.   According to CDC staff, the Prison  
          Industry Authority can make jumpsuits for about $19 each,  
          and assuming they need six jumpsuits per inmate per year  
          (community work crews apparently go through about 5.26  
          jumpsuits per year), increased costs would be $479,000  
          annually.