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