LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session February 4, 1999 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, SenateCommittee on Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB116 by Bivins (Relating to the disposition of the fines collected from persons arrested or issued citations for certain offenses by a school district peace officer.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill would allow local school districts to retain 50% of the fines levied by school district peace officers for Class C misdemeanors on school property. Under current law, cities and counties are allowed to retain 100 percent of the fines imposed from Class C misdemeanors, with a few exceptions. Under the provisions of this bill, cities and counties would lose a small amount of revenue, while school districts would realize a small increase. The adjustment is directly proportional to the number of offenses fined under the parameters of the legislation, which is in part dependent on the number of peace officers employed by the district and whether they have the authority to issue citations. The revenue could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars for large school districts. However, it is estimated that if the legislation had been in effect in 1998 that Austin ISD would have realized $21,000 in additional revenue. Dallas ISD may have realized as much as $390,000 in the same year. Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller Of Pub Accts LBB Staff: JK, CT, UP