LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 21, 1997 TO: Honorable Robert Junell, Chair IN RE: House Joint Resolution No. 1, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Committee on Appropriations By: Gallego House Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HJR1 ( proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the purposes for which money in the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims to crime auxiliary fund may be used.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HJR1-Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, other than the cost of publication. The cost to the state for publication of the resolution is $71,000. FISCAL ANALYSIS The resolution would propose a constitutional amendment to make the Compensation to Victims of Crime GR-Account 0469 and the Compensation to Victims of Crime Auxiliary GR-Account 0494 dedicated accounts in the General Revenue Fund 0001. Currently, they are statutorily dedicated accounts in the General Revenue Fund 001. With one exception, the Legislature could appropriate money in the two accounts only for the purpose of compensating victims of crime, providing services to victims of crime, and paying the administrative costs of providing services to crime victims. The one exception would be that the Legislature could provide by law that money in either account could be expended for the purpose of assisting victims of mass violence, if other money appropriated for emergency assistance were depleted. The proposed constitutional amendment would be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997. Upon passage, the proposed constitutional amendment would take effect January 1, 1998. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 302 Office of the Attorney General LBB Staff: RR ,JC