LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
May 5, 1999
TO: Honorable Toby Goodman, Chair, House Committee on
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB8 by West, Royce (Relating to the compilation of
information pertaining to criminal combinations and
criminal street gangs and to the establishment of a
statewide database of criminal street gang
information.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB8, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: negative impact of *
* $(784,626) 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 $(613,264) *
* 2001 (171,362) *
* 2002 (180,443) *
* 2003 (182,524) *
* 2004 (186,554) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 1999 *
* 0001 *
* 2000 $(613,264) 3.0 *
* 2001 (171,362) 3.0 *
* 2002 (180,443) 3.0 *
* 2003 (182,524) 3.0 *
* 2004 (186,554) 3.0 *
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Technology Impact
All State costs of the bill would be attributable to technology impact.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow criminal justice agencies to compile information and
create intelligence databases on criminal street gangs. The bill would
require local agencies compiling the information to submit it to the
Department of Public Safety if the information was in compliance with the
submission criteria of the bill. The Department would maintain the
information in a database that complies with policies established in the
bill.
The bill would give a child, parent or guardian the right to an agency
review of the accuracy of the criminal street gang information compiled
by a law enforcement authority.
Methodology
The bill would require the development or acquisition of hardware and
software to support the statewide criminal street gang database.
Contract programming for the project is estimated at $427,500. A
Programmer Analyst III, a Data Base Administrator IV, and a Records
Technician III would be required to provide on-going support for the
system.
Local Government Impact
The impact of the bill on local government would depend on the county or
municipality's decision to maintain a database on criminal street gangs.
Two counties contacted (Harris and Bexar) indicated the bill would have
no significant fiscal impact.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department
of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: JK, MD, VS