LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session March 26, 1997 TO: Honorable Allen Hightower, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2918 Committee on Corrections By: Place House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2918 ( Relating to the extension of a period of supervision under community supervision for a defendant charged with or convicted of certain sexual or sexually assaultive offenses and to the classification of inmates in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on the basis of need for treatment.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2918-As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to give a judge discretionary authority to extend the period of community supervision for certain sex offenders, any time during the offender's supervision term, for a period not to exceed 10 additional years. Current law allows for extensions of community supervision, but the total community supervision period for felony cases may not exceed 10 years. Because the bill would affect only offenders committing offenses after September 1, 1997, no impact would occur until 10 years following passage. Increased costs to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after 10 years from the effective date of the bill would be contingent upon local sentencing practices. No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: LBB Staff: JK ,CB ,JN