LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 26, 1995
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 254
Committee on Criminal Justice By: Wentworth
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
254 (relating to authorizing community supervision and
corrections departments to employ and commission as peace
officers field unit officers) 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 Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure to
expand the definition of a commissioned peace officer to include
field unit officers employed by local community supervision and
corrections departments. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education would be required to certify and
license successful candidates for licensure.
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
Law Officer
Standards
& Education Fund
116
GR Consolidated
1996 $52,834
1997 33,249
1998 27,811
1999 27,811
2000 27,811
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The bill would result in training costs incurred by local
jurisdictions of approximately $720,000 in fiscal year 1996 and
$450,000 in fiscal year 1997. Other fiscal implications to units
of local government cannot be determined.
Source: Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education,
Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: JK, BL, BR