LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
May 3, 1995
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No.
Committee on Criminal Justice 1217,
Senate as amended
Austin, Texas By: Ellis
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
1217 (relating to notification of certain interest holders and
owners of seized contraband in forfeiture proceedings under
Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure; providing that asset
forfeiture is remedial in nature, rather than punitive) this
office has determined the following:
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to
forfeitures pursuant to Chapter 59. The bill establishes that
asset forfeiture is remedial in nature and not punitive.
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 Revenue
Year Loss
to Controlled
Substance Account
098
GR Consolidated
1996 $1,083,375
1997 1,083,375
1998 1,083,375
1999 1,083,375
2000 1,083,375
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
The fiscal implication to units of local government cannot be
determined.
Source: Department of Public Safety, Department of
Transportation
LBB Staff: JK, BL, RR