LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 25, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB153  by Nixon, Joe (Relating to establishing a
               procedure to prevent the fraudulent use of an
               individual's identification in circumstances affecting
               proper law enforcement.), Committee Report 1st House,
               Substituted
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB153, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted:  negative impact      *
*  of $(422,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2001.            *
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*  The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal      *
*  basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of    *
*  the bill.                                                             *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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          *  Fiscal Year  Probable Net Positive/(Negative)   *
          *               Impact to General Revenue Related  *
          *                             Funds                *
          *       2000                           $(422,000)  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2000                               $(422,000) *
         *      2001                                        0 *
         *      2002                                        0 *
         *      2003                                        0 *
         *      2004                                        0 *
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Technology Impact
  
All impact of the bill would be attributable to technology impact.
  
  
Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would establish a system of records to prevent the fraudulent
use of an individual's identification to frustrate proper law
enforcement.  In coordination with state or local officials, an
individual would be able to submit identification information to the
Department of Public Safety if the individual's identity has been used
by another person without the individual's consent.  The Department of
Public Safety would make this information available to criminal justice
agencies through the criminal history information maintained by the
Department.
  
  
Methodology
  
The bill would require the creation of a new file or database component
associated with the Texas Crime Information Center to serve as the
repository for personal identifiers that have been fraudulently used.
Contract programming services would be needed to develop the programs
necessary for creation and maintenance of records of the fraudulent use
of personal identifiers.  The required contract programming is estimated
at 2,110 hours at $200 per hour for a total of $422,000.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, MD