LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
January 23, 1997
TO: Honorable John Whitmire, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 250
Committee on Criminal Justice By: Whitmire/et al.
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB250 ( Relating to the repeal
of release to mandatory supervision and to parole procedures applicable to
certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.) this office has
detemined the following:
Biennial Net Inpact to General Revenue Funds by SB250-1 As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net negative impact of
$(126,268,441) 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.
Because this bill does not make an appropriation, the net certification impact would
be dependent upon subsequent legislative apprpriations.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by requiring prisoners eligible for release
to mandatory supervision to be subject to review by a parole panel. Application of this provision
will apply to all inmates incarcerated on or after September 1, 1997. Application of parole
review occurs regardless of whether the offense is committed before, on, or after September 1,
1997. Inmates released from imprisonment before September 1, 1997, are covered by the law in
effect immediately before September 1, 1997.
Methodolgy
In order to estimate the future impact of the proposal, the changes proposed for release policy are
applied in a simulation of prison admissions and on-hand prison population, reflecting the
current distribution of offenses, sentence lengths, and time served. The decrease in the number
of people on parole supervision resulting from the corresponding decrease in prison releases is
similarly estimated.
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 Probable
Savings/(Cost) Savings/(Cost)
from General from General
Revenue Fund Revenue Fund
0001 0001
1998 ($47,519,473) $2,949,752
1998 (86,200,191) 4,501,471
2000 (96,792,941) 4,039,176
2001 (100,380,102) 3,262,502
2002 (98,492,819) 2,475,699
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 ($44,569,721)
1999 (81,698,720)
2000 (92,753,765)
2001 (97,117,600)
2002 (96,017,120)
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: