May
26, 2009
The
Honorable Michael Mauro
Secretary
of State
L
O C A L
Dear
Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit Senate File 475, an Act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions. Senate File 475 is approved on this date, with the exceptions noted below, which I hereby disapprove.
I
am unable to approve the item designated as Section 4, subsection 5 in its
entirety. Subsection 5 calls for the Department of Corrections to eliminate the
chief security officer position by June 30, 2011. My Administration last year
made establishment of this position a high priority in order to maintain
consistent security procedures and policies within the Department of
Corrections. I disapprove this language because it infringes upon the Executive
Branch authority to staff this much-needed position.
I
am unable to approve the item designated as Section 5, subsection 6 in its
entirety. This provision would require all Community Based Correctional (CBC)
Facilities to accept offenders transferred from other judicial districts
without consideration of evidence-based practices regarding supervisional
status. I disapprove this language
because it would cause each CBC facility to lose control of the types and
number of offenders whom they serve in their residential program.
For
the above reasons, I respectfully disapprove the designated items in accordance
with Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of the State of
Sincerely,
Governor
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Chief Clerk of the House
CJC:rco