LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 21, 1997
TO: Honorable Keith Oakley, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 456
Committee on Public Safety By: Rodriguez
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB456 ( Relating
to the creation of an offense for the acquisition of a handgun
by a person while under an active protective order and the inclusion
of information relating to protective orders in the computerized
criminal history system maintained by the Department of Public
Safety.) this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB456-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(522,545) to General Revenue Related Funds
through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Penal Code by creating the offense
of obtaining a handgun while under a protective order. The
bill would require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to
create a new data base in the criminal history computer system
and maintain information concerning protective orders. The
bill would also require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
(TDCJ) to ensure that information relating to the issuance and
dismissal of an active protective order is reported at the time
of issuance or dismissal.
The bill would take effect September
1, 1997.
Methodolgy
In order for the DPS to establish and maintain a database for
protective orders, one programmer analyst position would be
required to oversee contract programming and to maintain the
data base. Professional services of $316,800 would be needed
to contract programmers to modify the criminal history computer
information system for protective orders. Additionally, one
administrative technician would be needed in the Texas Crime
Information Center to provide quality control and process an
estimated 28,000 protective order inquiries annually.
TDCJ
would need to reassign a senior programmer/analyst for two months
to complete the analysis, coding and testing required to assess
the active protective order information from the computerized
criminal history maintained by the DPS.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable Change in Number
Savings/(Cost) of State
from General Employees from
Revenue Fund FY 1997
0001
1998 ($434,546) 2.0
1998 (87,999) 2.0
2000 (87,999) 2.0
2001 (87,999) 2.0
2002 (87,999) 2.0
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 ($434,546)
1999 (87,999)
2000 (87,999)
2001 (87,999)
2002 (87,999)
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: Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: CB ,GG ,RS