LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session April 27, 1999 TO: Honorable Juan Hinojosa, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1939 by Grusendorf (Relating to requirements and procedures concerning driver's licenses or personal identification certificates for persons subject to sex offender registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * HB1939, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: negative impact * * of $(1,079,587) through the biennium ending August 31, 2001. * * * * The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal * * basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of * * the bill. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2000 $(886,357) * * 2001 (193,230) * * 2002 (193,230) * * 2003 (193,230) * * 2004 (193,230) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ************************************************************************** *Fiscal Probable Probable Revenue Change in Number of * * Year Savings/(Cost) from Gain/(Loss) from State Employees from * * General Revenue Fund General Revenue Fund FY 1999 * * 0001 0001 * * 2000 $(898,857) $12,500 4.0 * * 2001 (205,730) 12,500 4.0 * * 2002 (205,730) 12,500 4.0 * * 2003 (205,730) 12,500 4.0 * * 2004 (205,730) 12,500 4.0 * ************************************************************************** Technology Impact It is estimated that the Technology Impact for the bill would be $819,059 for fiscal year 2000 and $127,659 for each year thereafter. Fiscal Analysis The bill would require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to include an indicator in a driver s license or personal identification certificate record that a person is subject to registration requirements as a sex offender under Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bill would require the defendant to apply for an original or renewal of a driver s license or personal identification certificate after release or upon receipt of a written notice of the requirements of Article 62.065, and to annually renew the license or certificate, until the person s duty to register under this chapter expires. A defendants failure to apply to the department as required by the bill would result in the automatic revocation of any driver s license or personal identification certificate. The fee for the driver s license or identification certificate would be $5.00 Methodology The Department's Driver Improvement and Control Bureau (DIC) would be required to process and update files of persons required to be registered under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure and take suspension action against those refusing to obtain a license or identification certificate or failing to renew their license or identification certificate. It is estimated that DIC would need two additional Administrative Technician II's plus equipment to process these cases. The Department's Information Management Service (IMS) would need to modify programs for its distributed driver license and host systems. Modifications in the distributed driver license system would include creating access to DPS' in-line criminal history system to identify, at the time of renewal or issuance, those persons requiring the special identifiers in departmental records. IMS would incur contract programming costs at an estimated $673,200 and need 2 additional programmers to implement the changes. It is estimated that the bill could generate as much as $12,500 each year in revenues as a result of the $5 license fee. According to DPS records, there were approximately 2,500 persons required to register as a sex offender in 1998. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JK, MD