Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB252 by Johnson, Ann (Relating to the eligibility for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information of a criminal defendant who has successfully completed a specialty court program.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of additional nondisclosure petitions that would be filed with the state court system being unknown.
The bill would expand the reach of nondisclosure order procedures for certain persons who successfully complete any specialty court program instead of those completing only a veterans court treatment program. The Office of Court Administration (OCA) anticipates this expansion will increase nondisclosure petitions filed with the court system, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on state courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal implications to units of local government cannot be determined. OCA anticipates an increase in nondisclosure petitions filed with the court, but cannot estimate what fiscal impact the increased filings will have on local courts due to the increased number of filings being unknown.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice