LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
February 13, 1995
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 217
Committee on Criminal Justice By: Shapiro
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
217 (Relating to the operation of the compensation to victims of
crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary
fund.) this office has determined the following:
The bill would exempt the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund
and the Compensation to Victims of Crime Auxiliary Fund from fund
consolidation. Under current law, these funds were brought into
the General Revenue Fund as special accounts on August 31, 1993.
House Bill 2178, Seventy-third Legislature, Regular Session,
rededicated the revenue sources deposited to these two accounts,
but did not recreate the two crime victims special funds outside
the General Revenue Fund. Senate Bill 217 would recreate the
special funds.
Recreating the special funds would result in a $14,765,853
reduction in the amount available for certification from the
General Revenue Fund without increasing the amount of revenue
dedicated to crime victim compensation.
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 Reduction in the Probable Revenue Probable Revenue
Year Amount Available Loss to General Gain to the
for Certification Revenue Fund 001 - Compensation to
from the General Dedicated Revenue Victims of Crime
Revenue Fund Auxiliary Fund 494
1996 $14,765,000 $68,672,853 $1,004,853
1997 0 66,659,000 239,000
1998 0 66,659,000 239,000
1999 0 69,447,000 239,000
2000 0 69,447,000 239,000
Fiscal Probable Revenue
Year Gain to the
Compensation to
Crime Victims Fund
469
1996 $67,668,000
1997 66,420,000
1998 66,420,000
1999 69,208,000
2000 69,208,000
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: LBB Staff: JK, RS, DF, Attorney General, Comptroller
of Public Accounts
LBB Staff: