LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 4, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Toby Goodman, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1230
          Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues                              By: Place
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1230 ( Relating 
to the place of detention for juveniles in certain counties.) 
this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1230-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
If local jurisdictions choose detain juvenile offenders in facilities 
where contact with adult offender or adult staff is possible, 
Texas would lose eligibility for formula grant programs authorized 
by the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. 
 The provisions of the bill could result in a loss of between 
$2.4 and $3.6 million in federal funds by allowing local jurisdictions 
not to comply with certain requirements of the formula grant 
program authorized by the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act.  The actual reduction in federal funds would 
depend on the actions of local jurisdictions. 

Funds granted 
through the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act are awarded through the Governor's Office and distributed 
to local jurisdictions.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   665   Juvenile Probation Commission
                                         301   Office of the Governor
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,CB ,RT