LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
May 12, 1999
TO: Honorable Ken Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on
Criminal Justice
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2145 by Allen (Relating to persons subject to sex
offender registration requirements and to the conditions
for supervised release of those persons.), As Engrossed
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB2145, As Engrossed: negative impact of $(1,070,605) 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. *
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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 $(940,652) *
* 2001 (129,953) *
* 2002 (221,583) *
* 2003 (109,603) *
* 2004 (102,898) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*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 $(940,652) $0 5.0 *
* 2001 (242,543) 112,590 5.0 *
* 2002 (242,543) 20,960 5.0 *
* 2003 (242,543) 132,940 5.0 *
* 2004 (242,543) 139,645 5.0 *
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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 on a driver s license or personal identification certificate
record that a person (including a current parolee, probationer, or
juvenile sex offender) 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 defendant's 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 three 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.
The bill would generate revenue as a result of the $5 fee. According to
DPS records, there are approximately 18,059 persons presently required
to register as sex offenders in Texas. An additional 2,500 individuals
are convicted each year who would be covered under the bill. Also, it
is estimated that an additional number of sex offenders would be
released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on the following
schedule: FY 2000 - 1,959; FY 2001 -1,692; FY 2002 -1,570; FY 2003 -
1,219; and FY 2004 - 1,053. According to DPS, requiring these
individuals to renew their driver s license or identification
certificate every year after the initial 2-year issuance would result in
an estimated increase in revenue of $0 - FY 2000; $112,590 - FY2001;
$20,960 - FY2002; $132,940 - FY2003; $139,645 - FY2004.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, MD, BP