LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session April 17, 1995 TO: Honorable Allen Place, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence for House of Representatives House Bill Austin, Texas No. 594 FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 594 (relating to the punishment and sentencing of a defendant convicted of a repeat offense of sexual assault) this office has determined the following: The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by adding certain sex offenders to the list of 3g offenses. The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of the bill during each of the first five years following passage is estimated as follows: Fiscal Probable Probable Operating Probable Cost Year Construction Cost Cost Out of the for Debt Service from General General Revenue Out of the Obligation Bonds Fund 001 General Revenue Fund 001 1996 $779,049 $0 $38,952 1997 1,363,027 91,538 214,208 1998 1,093,864 315,037 323,594 Fiscal Change in Year Number of State Employees from FY 1995 1996 .0 1997 2.0 1998 7.0 1999 1,191,648 642,897 442,759 15.0 2000 1,147,157 1,046,350 557,474 24.0 Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the provisions of the bill are in effect. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: LBB Staff: JK, BP, GG, RR