LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 26, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on
               Criminal Jurisprudence
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1594  by Talton (Relating to the penalty for certain
               intoxication offenses and the conditions for release of a
               defendant charged with or convicted of those offenses,
               including the use of an ignition interlock device.),
               Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
The bill would require a defendant convicted of a subsequent offense of
driving while intoxicated or convicted of driving with an alcohol
concentration over 0.15 to have an ignition interlocking device installed
on the defendant's vehicle as a requirement of the defendant's community
supervision. The bill would also require such defendants to pay a $10
fee to an agency designated by the magistrate to verify the installation
of a breath alcohol ignition interlock device a $25 fee to cover the cost
of reporting a violation to the court.

Counties could incur some administrative costs associated with the
monitoring of ignition interlocking devices. It is expected that the
monitoring would be absorbed by staff already handling the administration
of community supervision and that any increased costs would be offset by
the fees authorized by the bill.
  
  
Source Agencies:   405   Department of Public Safety, 304   Comptroller
                   of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:         JK, MD, TL