(i) Staff.--Staff support shall be made available to the
committee by the executive director in order to adequately
perform the duties provided for under this section.
(j) Authority not diminished.--This section may not be
interpreted to diminish the authority of a president judge in
supervising a county's probation and parole department.
Section 9.1. Justice reinvestment grants, phase 2.
(a) Justice Reinvestment Fund.--The Justice Reinvestment
Fund will be utilized to support programs and activities to
improve the delivery of criminal justice services within this
Commonwealth.
(b) Savings assessment.--For fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-
2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, the Office of the Budget shall
develop a formula to calculate the amount of savings to the
Department of Corrections in the prior fiscal year. The
calculation shall include implementation of short sentence
parole under 42 Pa.C.S. ยง 9771 (relating to modification or
revocation of order of probation).
(c) Deposit.--The following amounts shall be deposited into
the Justice Reinvestment Fund:
(1) In fiscal year 2018-2019, an amount of $3,700,000.
(2) In fiscal year 2019-2020, an amount not to exceed
the greater of $3,700,000 or 100% of the amount determined to
be savings in the prior fiscal year.
(3) In fiscal year 2020-2021, an amount not to exceed
the greater of $10,250,000 or 50% of the amount determined to
be savings in the prior fiscal year.
(4) In fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, an amount
in each year not to exceed the greater of $20,250,000 or 50%
of the amount determined to be savings in the prior fiscal
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