LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 9, 1997 TO: Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair IN RE: Senate Joint Resolution No. 33, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Committee on Finance By: Moncrief Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SJR33 ( proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the dedication of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SJR33-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 0001. Monies deposited to the credit of these accounts, from whatever source and subject to Legislative appropriation, could be expended only for the purpose of compensating victims of crime or victims of adjudicated juvenile misconduct and for providing services to those victims, as provided in Chapter 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 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. LOCAL No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: JK ,RR