LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  March 25, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Allen Place, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 46, As Engrossed
          Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence                              By: Shapiro
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB46 ( Relating 
to the punishment for certain defendants convicted of assaultive 
offenses, including sexual assault, and for certain offenses 
committed with intent to commit assaults.) this office has detemined 
the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB46-As Engrossed
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         

         
 
          
The bill would amend the Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure 
by changing the conditions for repeat and habitual felony offenders 
to be punished by imprisonment in the institutional division 
for life.  

There is no impact on the adult corrections agencies 
during the first five years following the effective date of 
the bill.  However, after 20 years of cumulative impact, an 
additional 400 prison beds will be required at an operating 
cost of $5,475,000 per year.  

The reduction of 148 people 
on parole supervision would result in a savings of $134,828 
per year in parole operating costs.

Costs of incarceration 
are estimated on the basis of $37.50 per inmate per day, reflecting 
approximate costs of either operating state facilities or contracting 
with other entities.  No costs are included for prison construction. 
 Options available to address the increased demand for prison 
capacity that would result from implementation of this bill 
include construction of new prisons and contracting with counties 
or private entities.  

No significant fiscal implication 
to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,CB ,GG