LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 28, 1995
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1379
Committee on Public Safety By: Allen
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1379 (relating to sex offender registration and public
notification of the release of a sex offender into the community)
this office has determined the following:
The bill would expand the list of sex offenders who would be
subject to certain notification requirements. The bill would
also expand the list of reportable convictions and adjudications.
It would require local registration and public notification by
local law enforcement regarding offenders who are released. The
bill would require the issuance of a warrant for the return of a
person on parole or mandatory supervision for failure to
register.
The bill would amend Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure to
require certain defendants under community supervision to
reimburse the general revenue fund. Under current law this
revenue is deposited in the Compensation to Victims of Crime
account. This change would result in the loss of revenue to the
Compensation to victims of Crime account in the general revenue
fund.
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 Revenue
Year Loss
to the
Compensation to
Victims of Crime
Account
in the General
Revenue
Fund No. 001
1996 $232,000
1997 232,000
1998 232,000
1999 232,000
2000 232,000
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Public
Safety
LBB Staff: JK, BL, RR