Appropriates $2,969,000 to the Commission for Pardons and Parole for fiscal year 2017; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 33.

This bill appropriates $2,969,000 to the Commission for Pardons and Parole for FY 2017 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 33.00. For program maintenance, the bill includes funding for the employer's share of increased benefit costs and statewide cost allocation. It provides for an ongoing 3% merit-based increase in employee compensation for permanent employees to be distributed at the discretion of agency heads and funds the 27th payroll. Twolineitemsarealsoincluded,whichprovide: $38,300forpersonnelreclassificationand$23,000 one-time for a digital recording system.