LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 29, 1995
TO: Honorable Toby Goodman, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1632
Committee on Juvenile Justice and By: Thompson
Family Issues
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1632 (relating to protective orders for family violence;
providing penalties) this office has determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
This bill would revise various statutes relating to protective
orders for family violence.
Section 11 of the bill would allow a court to require the
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to provide
services or take other action in relation to a party or member of
a family or household covered by a protective order. The
department estimates that this provision could bring up to 16,000
additional children into its purchased service system.
Section 16 of the bill would lower the maximum fine for violating
the provisions of a protective order from $10,000 to $4,000. The
fiscal impact on district and county courts would depend on the
number and amounts of the fines levied and cannot be determined.
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 Cost Out Probable Cost Out
Year of General of
Revenue Federal Funds 555
Fund 001
1996 $1,535,181 $3,064,819
1997 1,535,181 3,064,819
1998 1,535,181 3,064,819
1999 1,535,181 3,064,819
2000 1,535,181 3,064,819
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
Protective &
Regulatory Services
LBB Staff: JK, NM, RR