LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 74th Regular Session May 4, 1995 TO: Honorable Allen Hightower, Chair IN RE: Committee Substitute Committee on Corrections for House of Representatives House Bill Austin, Texas No. 2895 By: Longoria FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No. 2895 (relating to the establishment of boot camp programs by the Texas Youth Commission and participation in boot camp programs by certain juvenile offenders) 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. The bill would amend Chapter 54 of the Family Code and Chapter 61 of the Human Resources Code to allow juvenile courts to defer adjudication proceedings for certain juveniles on completion of a regional boot camp program established by the Texas Youth Commission. The actual number of juveniles sentenced to regional boot camps would depend on the decision of local juvenile court officials. However, the bill would require the Texas Youth Commission to establish boots camps to be available for the juvenile court's use. The Youth Commission's current regional structure would require the establishment of at least five boot camps. 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 Year of General Revenue Fund 001 1996 $7,665,000 1997 7,665,000 1998 7,665,000 1999 7,665,000 2000 7,665,000 Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the provisions of the bill are in effect. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Texas Youth Commission LBB Staff: JK, BP, RT, RR