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 ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** 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