Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4061 by Schatzline (Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender from going within a certain distance of the residence of a victim of any offense committed by the offender for which the offender is subject to registration.), As Introduced
Expanding the conduct constituting an existing offense may result in additional demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to a lack of data to estimate the prevalence of the new conduct outlined in the bill's provisions that would be subject to criminal penalties.
The bill would prohibit a registered sex offender from going within 2,500 feet of the residence of a victim of any offense for which the person is subject to sex offender registration and would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Juvenile Justice Department to inform a person subject to sex offender registration of the prohibited conduct before release from incarceration.
The Office of Court Administration and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice anticipates no significant fiscal impact.
Local Government Impact
While the fiscal impact cannot be determined, expanding the conduct constituting an existing offense may result in increased demands upon local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice