LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 16, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John Whitmire, Chair         IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 44,
         Committee on Criminal Justice                         as amended
         Senate                                         By:  Shapiro
         Austin, Texas







FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
44 (Relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited by
an inmate of the institutional division of the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would amend the Government Code by limiting the
restoration of good conduct time for offenders who lose good
conduct time for disciplinary infractions in prison and for
offenders who are released on parole or mandatory supervision and
violate the conditions of their release. 

No significant  fiscal implications to the State are anticipated
in the first five years following passage of the bill.  After
five years, additional costs to the State related to the demand
for prison capacity would be incurred.  However, these additional
costs cannot be estimated.


No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.


Source:
          LBB Staff: JK, GG, BP, RR