LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 19, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Pat Haggerty, Chair, House Committee on
               Corrections
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB223  by Wise (Relating to procedural requirements
               applicable to the release on parole of certain sex
               offenders.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB223, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(3,600,000) through the    *
*  biennium ending August 31, 2003.                                      *
*                                                                        *
*  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                *
          *       2002                         $(1,800,000)  *
          *       2003                          (1,800,000)  *
          *       2004                          (1,800,000)  *
          *       2005                          (1,800,000)  *
          *       2006                          (1,800,000)  *
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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 2001      *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2002                      $(1,800,000)                             0.0 *
*  2003                       (1,800,000)                             0.0 *
*  2004                       (1,800,000)                             0.0 *
*  2005                       (1,800,000)                             0.0 *
*  2006                       (1,800,000)                             0.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require a parole panel to require that inmates convicted
of certain sex offenses, prior to their consideration for release on
parole, submit to an evaluation by an individual or organization that
provides sex offender treatment or counseling to determine whether the
inmate if released would pose a threat to public safety.  The bill would
take effect September 1, 2001.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) estimates that evaluations
would have to be completed for at least 200 inmates each month at an
average cost of $750 per evaluation.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   302   Office of the Attorney General, 696   Texas
                   Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff:         JK, JC, VS, DB